Originally Posted by
dl773
For domestic-only airlines, like WN, it appears to be exactly the same as the regional airlines. . . 5.5 crews per airplane, or 10-12 pilots per airplane.
Some carriers that operate long narrowbody flights should have a little less than that, on average. Especially in the case of night ops.
Actually, if a carrier operates night ops obviously they will need additional crews to man those flights. . .sorry about that.