I'm not sure how you came up with those numbers...

The company is still going to have to pay for layover hotels. Yes, there will be layovers. Maybe, 30% less hotel nights? 30% of 13 days/mo = 4 hotel days.

4 hotel days at $150/day = $600 month


They will still have to pay per diem for those layover trips. I'll give em that.


You are way off the mark on the cost of SIBA D/Hs. I added every EUR SIBA lines D/H money(Eur only) and came up with this:

Total Aug Eur SIBA D/H costs(incl carryover D/H) is $176,061. Divided by 24 lines equals:

$7336 avg Eur SIBA monthly line D/H cost.

Of course, they will still need to D/H crews around Europe. So, I'll give them $1000/month for that.


Also, if you examine the SIBA trips...You'll find that a pure Eur SIBA line has about 6 actual duty periods per month, on average. Nearly every 72hr+/- Aug SIBA pairing, works 6 duty periods. That's 6 actual, revenue generating, work days per month!!! I'm not sure what our domestic average is...But, I would guess somewhere around 12 to 13 days of actual work. I would think the optimizer will be able to get nearly the same out of the FDAs. So, that would be 6 days+/-, per month, of productivity gain for the company.

6 days @ 6hrs X $220 = $7920 per Capt


I figure the total company cost savings to be:

Hotel savings ----- $ 600
D/H savings ------- $6336
Productivity gains - $7920

Total ------------- $14,856/month

That's about $180,000 per year per captain. Cost neutral? Are you kidding? I have no idea what the tax equalization plan will cost the company...But, I'm pretty confident it isn't going to be $180,000/year per captain, minus the $40,000 "benefit".

And, that's based on a 28 day month. The actual number would be higher when the four 5 week months are figured in.

Still a big NO here.