Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Did they really have 450 SLI's? That's a big training department. I am not sure we have that many total at the combined airlines.
I just pulled up my instructor list for the A320 in 2003. At that time we had 51 Captains (including APDs and combination sim/OE/LCPs). We had 14 F/O sim instructors, and 8 OE only Captain instructors.
So, with 74 IPs on the 320 alone, I would say 450 was a conservative answer.