Originally Posted by
Omar 111
Purple,
If you fly Lax-JfK-Lax now, there are approximately 11 Capt hours and 11 FO hours. If you fly it augmented, there are still 11 Capt hours, but now 22 FO hours. The company would save 2 hotel rooms and some per diem, but hardly an even tradeoff financially. What am I missing here?
Omar
Maybe if the additional pilot is a new hire it's cheaper. Otherwise I don't see it either. I could see a few of these extra seats going out on green slips. Then it's more expensive to augment a transcon big time.