Originally Posted by
APC225
This MIT table accounts for "disparate pre-merged contracts." It's the individual pilot overall cost. Inspite LUAL's much greater number of wide body pilots, the total cost per pilot in 2009 and 2010 are nearly the same. It accounts for LCAL's higher W2 and LUAL's costlier work rules. IOW, the career expectations may essentially be a wash, leaning towards a relative seniority solution.
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...Equivalent.htm
OTOH, this MIT chart shows the UAL pilots working more than 10% less for this equal annual cost, favoring some SLI skew towards the LUAL side.
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...er%20Month.htm
Which is why manpower planning suddenly finds themselves short of pilots because this chart shows LCAL needs 600+ more pilots if they have a LUAL-type of contract, which we now have.
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...ity%202010.xls