Originally Posted by
notEnuf
How is 30,000 hours roughly 1 flight a day across the Atlantic?
10hr flight, 2x for round trip, = 20 hours
20 x 365 = 7300 hours
Someone please correct me. Seems more like 4 long round trip flights (SLC-CDG etc.) These aren't pilot block hours are they? That would get us closer by 3x.
From contract FAQ's:
Last year the Transatlantic Block Hours constituted about 390,000 hours out of a total of about 687,000 international hours.
and,
Over the last 12 months, Delta has maintained 47.7% EASKs.
So, ... a little rough math:
390,000/47.7 = 8,176 hours = 1%
A further 1.2% drop from 47.7 to 46.5% = 1.2% reduction in TA block hours.
1.2 x 8176 = 9,811 hrs per year.
9,811/365 = 26.8 hrs/day
26.8 hrs/day = 8.9 hrs per pilot per day for a three man crew.
That may be a little off, but like the previous poster has said, the 30,000 hours relates to the
Global block hour floor, not the transatlantic JV hours.
Hope that helps.