Originally Posted by
Ottopilot
No, it would be 50/50. Why would there be more?
Actually, some captain positions are double bid: training and management captain, but that's not a huge number.
There are more FOs at an airline than Capts because of the widebody fleets. So that's why there is another misleading stat about how junior the bottom CAL Capt is because UAL has so many more widebody aircraft, we have a ton more widebody FO positions. There are probably 600 more widebody FO's than Capts at UAL because of the 70+ 747s and 777s.
No way having a few extra management captains solves this.
Now when your fleet is mostly guppies, its going to be closer to 50/50.