Originally Posted by
gloopy
How does that effect utilization in the slightest?
Turn times have nothing to do with pilots. If anything, we'll see more and more back side of the clock flying and perhaps more stringent regulations on sleep etc. Sucks for the hero who bid back side stuff so they can run businesses and paint their houses during the day but oh well.
Exactly this. Pilots aren't salary. If you get more utilization, you don't save money. Increasing utilization allows you to get more revenue. Labor is a fixed cost (for the most part) in that equation.
Plus, many mainline aircraft already fly 24/7. The reason they don't isn't because of the pilots. It's because they can't sell enough tickets to fill up an airplane.