Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
That is simply the cost of doing business for an airline of our size. Also realize that Block hrs that Sailing is reporting are block hours that have not been adjusted for augmented crews. The block per pilot is a lot better than that when you take that in to account.
If you get the block hr per month here then divide it by active line pilot, or total pilots including those in management you get a better comparison.
Actually ... what is throwing the numbers off is our high degree of outsourcing. Much of our "junior" flying which is highly productive has been outsourced. What remains is more "senior" and less productive. Connection type schedules have a lot of scheduled 6 leg 7:55 days. With all the ground stops and flow control, those can become 13 hour block days.