Originally Posted by
RP4242
You are trying to disprove someone who does know the exact numbers with hypothetical numbers that you are guessing
. The operational factors of operating longer stage lengths are well worth it when you factor in the revenue. Look, im not saying that NK is a transcon airline, just that dreams of whacking at the stage length does not make sense. + The catch-22 is that in a high oil environment you run into major capacity controls and you sacrifice short stages for longer ones and now in a lower oil environment you think about competition from other modes of transport that suddenly are legitimized again (namely, cars).
Dude if you know the numbers why do you let me write essays with my poor English?
Just say so. So what are the numbers? What is the stage length that is best for Spirit at $50 a barrel and what is it at $75 and $100? How would that change if they would implement adjusted fees for everything? I would love to know the answer because this will say a lot about our future "on the job QOL".
I went back to my logbook pro (as much as I hate that software) too see what my average block per leg was:
2008 2.2h
2009 sucking my thumb in fetal
2010 2.2h
2011 2.4h
2012 2.5h
2013 2.4h
2014 2.5h
It actually went up after 2010 when we started to introduce more fees. So you might be up to something. I am wondering what others have for averages.
I certainly hope you are right. None of us wants to fly SW schedules here. I would love trips that average 6 hours a day or more but I would rather fly 2 x 3h legs vs 4 x 1.5h.