Originally Posted by
gzsg
Sailing
We had 12,500 pilots when we merged.
We have 13,000 now.
The block hours are up 30%.
30% of 12,500 is 3750 more pilots. Not 500.
These numbers are ball park but you get the idea.
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Found the block hours each year. In 2007 NWA and Delta combined had just over 3,000,000 block hours. In 2014 we had 2,790,414 block hours. Shrinking is a far cry from 30% growth.
I am having a hard time believing you were even around from 07-12. Every pilot I know remembers nothing but displacement after displacement as aircraft were parked. We had one little uptake and then the crash of 09 hit.