Why shouldn I rely entirely on airline data or other flight alert systems?
All flight alert systems provide information from the same core sources: The airlines. They are only as good as the flight screens at the airport, the airline web-site, or some other third party flight tracker. Texting or e-mailing you is a nice way to make sure you don’t miss out on the latest info, but it doesn’t actually tell you anything different than if you were standing at the airport screen or checking the web. As we all know from experience, those data points are not always up to date. You should always consult airline alerts when traveling, but being able to get a head-start on potential problems is what FlightCaster is about. As a general rule, airlines do not post a delay unless they are 100% sure the flight will need to be delayed. However, you may want to know if factors make it highly likely (let’s say 80% sure) that a delay will occur. Airlines want to reserve the option of having all passengers at the gate ready to board on-time just in case. But at FlightCaster, we pa
