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AAAmerican AirlinesagainstEIAer Lingus

American Airlines scores 5.7 points higher on the Touchdown Quality Index. Ratings are passenger reports and the two carriers fly different routes and aircraft, so the gap describes the ratings, not the pilots.

Overall

MeasureAmerican AirlinesAer Lingus
Landing rating80.150 ratings74.447 ratings
Mean stars4.053.71
Smooth share68%40%
Rough share0%4%
Applause reported13%3%
Turbulence reported14%12%

Smooth 34 (68%) · Firm 16 (32%) · Rough 0 (0%)

Smooth 19 (40%) · Firm 26 (55%) · Rough 2 (4%)

By distance

DistanceAmerican AirlinesAer Lingus
Short haul (under 1,500 km)n/a1 of 10 ratings74.830 ratings
Medium haul (1,500 to 4,000 km)77.618 ratingsprovisionalNo ratings
Long haul (over 4,000 km)80.831 ratings74.217 ratingsprovisional

Comparing within a distance band removes most of the mix difference between a short-haul and a long-haul network.

Routes both fly

No route has a rating for both carriers yet.

Route means from a few ratings move a lot. Read them with the rating counts beside them.

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