Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Bar,
On a side note, it is impressive to see the progression at airlines that want to perform their own flying.
NKS has upgrades under five years
Emirates looks like they are going with Direct Entry Capt's
Hawaiian has grown their pilot group by over 25% in the last year
ALK has impressive growth numbers
I said a few weeks ago that DAL is trying to find how much they can shrink before their RASM starts to hit the back side of the power curve. Last month they still saw a 14% increase in RASM. I would say that they can shrink a little further as long as it does not effect the efficency of their hub network.
We know what happens to airplanes on the "back side of the power curve," right? The next maneuver in the syllabus is "stall recovery" as the power needed to maintain flight quickly and sharply exceeds what is available. The airplane will descend uncontrollably or depart controlled flight all together.
I'd submit we should maintain no less than V2+15. To climb requires excess airspeed.
I'll also submit that our next management team will be critical of this management team lack of interest in our airline.