Originally Posted by
Timbo
Here's some 'simple math':
And here's the math on the regular lines going up by 5 more hours.
ALV 82 (yearly average) + 5 hours = 6% less pilots required.
For every 1000 Captains, that's 60 less they need, so if there are 6,000 Captains today (?) that's 360 less they need tomorrow.
Timbo-
While I certainly agree that this reduces the staffing requirement, the current agreement has a TLV of 74-79 hours. If the TLV range is increased (per the NN) to 75-80 hours, this is only a 1 hour increase at the top of the range. I believe that would be a decrease of a little over 1%, not 6%, if they ran right at the top of the TLV range.
dl