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.
1P5b refers to 650,000 global aircraft block hours.
In your example we could lose 1 transatlantic flight (8176 block hours) and another 28,833 from other theaters and still be in compliance. How is this not a huge give?
687,000 - 650,000 = 37,000
37,000 - 8176 = 28,833
28,833 / 8176 (1 trans Atlantic flight equivalent) = 3.5 flights
In your example 1 trans Atlantic flight plus 3.5 equally long flights from other theaters = 4.5 international flights. This is the amount of reduction allowed and still be in compliance.
8176 / 365 = 22.4
22.4 / 2 for round trip = 11.2
11.2 is a long transatlantic flight so the number is more like 5 international round trip flights lost and still able to comply.