Originally Posted by sailingfun

Our 88/90 fleet is being way underutilized so your numbers don't have any meaning. The number used to measure productivity that is valid is block hours flown per pilot.
2011 numbers
SWA 62.1
DAL 42.9

Those numbers are being skewed some because Delta was carrying a greater surplus of pilots then SWA however we are no where near their level of productivity. 2012 numbers are not out yet.

Originally Posted by sailingfun

The apples to apples measurement is block hours flown per pilot. Unless you know the average daily usage of each fleet comparing hulls to pilots is meaningless. The comparison posted also uses the total number of SW pilots including management, training, mil leave, personal leave, long term sick verses the exact manning numbers at Delta on the 88/90 excluding the above pilots. To get a actual comparison you have to add all those pilots back into the Delta numbers.