Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
By when? Did you think that they would bid out 1,000 spots by July 2013 for the 717 when they are coming at 3 a month for almost 30 months starting in late 2013 and ending in 2015 or 16? Seriously, you have been around this industry for a while, you know about aircraft deliveries and how they staff them. I don't believe for a second that you thought there would 1,000 spots by now. So why are you pretending that is what you believe or that you were lied to because that is not what happened? This all smacks a little of bizarro world here.
3 aircraft a month starting in September. 3 aircraft per month, 4 months in 2013 times 7 crews per jet. What number do you come up with for that? They have already bid out 145 crews (290 pilots) for the 717 so far. Is that more or less than your math exercise I just gave you?
It's really tired but true, you can have your own opinion but not your own facts.
if you want to make it indefinite time then I guess over the life of the 717 at DAL, let's assume 30 years, that airplane will account for 11,611 jobs. As long as we don't shrink I guess.
One number you once mentioned was a net 30-40 airplanes when everything was said and done. At 7 crews per jet (what happened to 10 or in some peoples posts 14 crews per jet? why not 5 like the 88?) but anyways 7 crews per jet that's 400-560 pilots given the net increase in ML that you once mentioned at 30-40 jets?
Now how much did we give back on productivity "improvements"?