Originally Posted by
GoCats67
Not saying I like the 747 going away, but we will still be a net positive on WB flying for pilot pay purposes, just not as much as we could have been if we had kept the whales flying.
I don't understand how that is possible. If less airplanes fly the same block hours, isn't it irrelevant since staffing is dependent on block? One could even argue its a financial benefit to the pilots in terms of profit sharing to have the minimum # of planes necessary and not a single one extra.