Originally Posted by
Alan Shore
Here is similar data for widebody Captains:
For January 2012, total block and credit hours were 130,586. The average ALV was 73.69. We had a total of 2,330 pilots required and 2,604 actually in category, an overage of 11.8%.
For January 2013, total block and credit hours were 124,679. The average ALV was 73.71. We had a total of 2,206 pilots required and 2,507 actually in category, an overage of 13.6%.
For January 2014, total block and credit hours were 123,774. The average ALV was 72.82. We had a total of 2,211 pilots required and 2,469 actually in category, an overage of 11.7%.
Alan and Shiz,
Luckily, at least for me for research purposes, the March 2014 Crew Resources letter published March 2012, 2013 and 2014. It's nice when someone does that for us.
Got a question though, when they say domestic hours does that count domestic side of the ER or do they lump that in with international? My guess is domestic and international both include flying by the ER categories, so I can't break the two out. I'll have to just stick with total pilots.
Now what it said is pilot BH 2014 is up 3.8% compared to 2012. Domestic is up 7.8% compared to 2012 with 25% growth in 73N and 7% M88 time. International is 0.2% since 2012.
Anyways, it looks to be around 500,000 hours and multiplied by 3.8% you get around 530,000. Again going back to the category counts previously posted (2012: 10674 and 2014: 10653) it would give you a BH/pilot of:
2012: 46.8 BH/pilot
2014: 49.75 BH/pilot
There, I handed in my homework.
