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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
0.06 1
0.07 2
0.08 3
0.09 4
0.09 5
0.10 6
0.10 7
0.11 8
0.13 9
0.13 10
0.14 11
0.15 12
0.16 13
0.17 14
0.17 15
0.18 16
0.20 17
0.20 18
0.22 19
0.23 20
0.25 21
0.26 22
0.27 23
0.29 24
0.30 25
0.33 26
0.34 27
0.37 28
0.39 29
0.42 30
0.45 31
0.48 32
0.51 33
0.55 34
0.57 35
0.59 36
0.63 37
0.65 38
0.68 39
0.70 40
0.72 41
0.76 42
0.77 43
0.81 44
0.84 45
0.86 46
0.89 47
0.91 48
0.93 49
1.01 50
1.02 51
1.04 52
1.09 53
1.11 54
1.12 55
1.17 56
1.21 57
1.25 58
1.26 59
1.30 60
1.35 61
1.38 62
1.43 63
1.43 64
1.50 65
1.54 66
1.58 67
1.62 68
1.67 69
1.68 70
1.73 71
1.78 72
1.82 73
1.88 74
1.94 75
2.01 76
2.03 77
2.06 78
2.15 79
2.21 80
2.23 81
2.31 82
2.41 83
2.51 84
2.52 85
2.67 86
2.75 87
2.86 88
3.02 89
3.11 90
3.30 91
3.39 92
3.62 93
3.82 94
4.13 95
4.51 96
5.01 97
5.61 98
6.78 99
18.40 100