Narrative:

This flight was filed at 450 ktas; vs. The correct airspeed of 358 ktas. Overall; it is very similar to other instances of this nature. I won't go into detail; except to say that 92 KTS off the mark does represent a new personal record for me in this area. It says right on the release that it is critical to fly the filed speed. It is also critical for the filed speed to be correct. I had the release amended; new paperwork printed; and amended the speed with ATC. The controller we spoke to wondered aloud: 'you mean your company filed the airspeed almost 100 KTS too fast?' pretty embarrassing; but true; this caused a delay. In a related matter; the departure airport company operations falsified the departure time by about 20 minutes; showing us as on time in order to keep their stats up. This falsifies the far-required record of my flight time; as well as DOT on-time info; and so rates as a matter for the safety office. The whole timekeeping system at this airline is corrupt; and our stats are mostly false. Some stations falsify their data to show on time for nearly any delay of less than 30 minutes. Pilots are complicit in this; and many dog the clock by anywhere from one to several minutes on every arrival; too. That's why our block time on a given route is about 8-10 minutes longer than the ACARS equipped side of the fleet. This inherent dishonesty starts with management. A director came to my ground school a few years ago and said that between airplane clocks; watches; cellphones; etc.; we probably had eight or ten time pieces on the plane; and 'surely; surely you can find a way to make at least one of those say on-time.' there was an open mike; and we heard someone in the background telling our dispatcher how to fix this issue. They need to get the word to all of their folks. More importantly; both pilots and dispatchers need to give the enroute section an once-over before they sign/send the release. As to the timekeeping; ACARS would be better; but I've seen a lot of games played there too. And I know from experience that even if I dock myself the 20 minutes; the company will not change the record with DOT.

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Title: A Captain reported that his Dispatcher filed the flight's true airspeed 92 KTS fast. Before flight the correct airspeed was filed resulting in a delay which was then falsely recorded as on time in order to make the flight statistics look good.

Narrative: This flight was filed at 450 KTAS; vs. the correct airspeed of 358 KTAS. Overall; it is very similar to other instances of this nature. I won't go into detail; except to say that 92 KTS off the mark does represent a new personal record for me in this area. It says right on the release that it is critical to fly the filed speed. It is also critical for the filed speed to be correct. I had the release amended; new paperwork printed; and amended the speed with ATC. The Controller we spoke to wondered aloud: 'You mean your company filed the airspeed almost 100 KTS too fast?' Pretty embarrassing; but true; this caused a delay. In a related matter; the departure airport company operations falsified the departure time by about 20 minutes; showing us as on time in order to keep their stats up. This falsifies the FAR-required record of my flight time; as well as DOT on-time info; and so rates as a matter for the safety office. The whole timekeeping system at this airline is corrupt; and our stats are mostly false. Some stations falsify their data to show on time for nearly any delay of less than 30 minutes. Pilots are complicit in this; and many dog the clock by anywhere from one to several minutes on every arrival; too. That's why our block time on a given route is about 8-10 minutes longer than the ACARS equipped side of the fleet. This inherent dishonesty starts with management. A director came to my ground school a few years ago and said that between airplane clocks; watches; cellphones; etc.; we probably had eight or ten time pieces on the plane; and 'surely; surely you can find a way to make at least one of those say on-time.' There was an open mike; and we heard someone in the background telling our dispatcher how to fix this issue. They need to get the word to all of their folks. More importantly; both pilots and dispatchers need to give the enroute section an once-over before they sign/send the release. As to the timekeeping; ACARS would be better; but I've seen a lot of games played there too. And I know from experience that even if I dock myself the 20 minutes; the company will not change the record with DOT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.