medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
A regional airline boasts that it has the best on-time record in the country, pointing out that a smaller percentage of its flights are delayed than is the case for any other carrier. Critics respond that this statistic is misleading, because the airline operates far fewer flights per day than its national competitors do.
Which one of the following, if true, most strengthens the critics' response?
- Delays tend to compound across a carrier's network, so the more flights an airline schedules in a day, the higher the proportion of them that ends up delayed.
- Passengers consistently say that on-time performance is the single most important factor when they choose an airline.
- The regional airline charges fares that are, on average, higher than those of its national competitors.
- Some of the national competitors operate in regions with much harsher winter weather than the regional airline serves.
- The regional airline has expanded its route network steadily over the past five years.
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