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Measure vs. Percentile

Carrier violations or crashes are weighted by time and severity to produce a measure for that carrier in each BASIC. The measure is then used to assign that carrier to a percentile rank containing carriers’ information in similar safety event groups. Expand for more information.

Carrier violations or crashes are weighted by time and severity to produce a measure for that carrier in each BASIC. The measure only considers individual performance based on 24 months of data, with a measure of 0 indicating best performance. The measure is then used to assign that carrier to a percentile rank containing carriers’ information in similar safety event groups. The graph below shows how the carrier’s measure correlates with its percentile rank over a selected period of time.

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Measure Percentile
0 0
0.03 1
0.04 2
0.04 3
0.04 4
0.05 5
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0.06 7
0.06 8
0.07 9
0.08 10
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0.09 12
0.10 13
0.11 14
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0.15 19
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0.19 23
0.21 24
0.22 25
0.24 26
0.26 27
0.27 28
0.29 29
0.30 30
0.31 31
0.32 32
0.34 33
0.35 34
0.36 35
0.37 36
0.39 37
0.40 38
0.41 39
0.42 40
0.44 41
0.45 42
0.46 43
0.48 44
0.50 45
0.51 46
0.52 47
0.53 48
0.55 49
0.56 50
0.58 51
0.59 52
0.61 53
0.63 54
0.65 55
0.67 56
0.68 57
0.70 58
0.72 59
0.74 60
0.77 61
0.78 62
0.80 63
0.82 64
0.84 65
0.87 66
0.88 67
0.91 68
0.93 69
0.95 70
0.97 71
1.01 72
1.03 73
1.05 74
1.08 75
1.11 76
1.14 77
1.17 78
1.20 79
1.24 80
1.26 81
1.31 82
1.34 83
1.38 84
1.43 85
1.48 86
1.52 87
1.58 88
1.65 89
1.74 90
1.82 91
1.93 92
2.05 93
2.19 94
2.34 95
2.59 96
2.89 97
3.41 98
4.24 99
16.69 100