Does anyone know how much training costs contribute to the overall cost of a pilot? I've heard different numbers, but I heard that one senior captain at Delta retiring results in something like 7 or 11 (numerous at any rate) training events. One senior captain leaves at a single fleet carrier a la Southwest or Alaska and it results in 2 training events.
OTOH, I've wondered if all of those training events is nullified by the fact that managements can or should put the right size gauge aircraft on each route. Plus, I've wondered if the training costs are also nullified by the fact that training cost are spread over more seats at the legacies since their average aircraft size is so much larger than their low cost competitors.