Originally Posted by DALMECVolunteer

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.