Article: Have Australians Stopped Flying to the USA? Here’s What the Data Says…

[Aeryn]

The US has been scanning finger prints and Iris' on entry for 2 decades now (usually the first time you use a new passport, not every time), but DNA is a step too far.

 

[Gromit]

t’s not the data’s fault people are using it incorrectly! Don’t blame the data.

It proves that the airline routes between Australia and the US are growing, and that’s the important point in the context of a frequent flyer forum.

completely agree, it is not the data's fault, this article tried to use the data for something it was never intended for. The data itself is fine if used in the correct context, and as you rightly point out it shows the increased traffic on the route, but that is all it shows.

 

[Himeno]

It’s not the data’s fault people are using it incorrectly! Don’t blame the data.

It proves that the airline routes between Australia and the US are growing, and that’s the important point in the context of a frequent flyer forum.

Except that it doesn't. It does not show how many of those "US" pax are not going to the US, but instead connecting to other international flights. eg. Someone going to Mexico via LAX isn't going to the US, yet that data will say they are.

 

[dajop]

It’s not the data’s fault people are using it incorrectly! Don’t blame the data.

It proves that the airline routes between Australia and the US are growing, and that’s the important point in the context of a frequent flyer forum.

Who's blaming the data?

It might well be good data in the context of a frequent flyer forum, but I think in the context of a thread that has the title "Have Australians Stopped Flying to the USA?", it really isn't helpful at all, and therefore rather meaningless.

 

[justinbrett]

Except that it doesn't. It does not show how many of those "US" pax are not going to the US, but instead connecting to other international flights. eg. Someone going to Mexico via LAX isn't going to the US, yet that data will say they are.

I never said that. I only commented on the routes.

Who's blaming the data?

It might well be good data in the context of a frequent flyer forum, but I think in the context of a thread that has the title "Have Australians Stopped Flying to the USA?", it really isn't helpful at all, and therefore rather meaningless.

Perhaps irrelevant to the topic would be a better term. Calling the data meaningless questions the data itself.

I do think it is relevant to this topic to say although there’s a decline in Aussies on the routes that they are being replaced by others, otherwise people would make assumptions that QF and others should be cutting capacity.

 

[RSD]

Do you have to declare your AFF account details?!

Probably!!