Originally Posted by
DoubleTrouble
Your calculation of 100-117 additional pilots is correct if every pilot reduced his monthly block hours by the respective increase in time paid per day. I doubt that will be the behavior. Many (most?) pilots will still fly as much as they can around vacation/training for the additional $$.
So I'm clear, the increase in training and vacation days is good. Not good enough for me, but the increase is good.
Remember that VAC/TRNG is pay and credit, so pilots are still restricted to ALV +15, they will hit that ceiling that much sooner and maybe not have enough room to pick up a WS with the higher values... Yes, I know the swap board is an option to evade that, but I haven't seen nearly the trip options on the the swap board that you see in open time.