Originally Posted by
HSLD
Hard to tell unless you add aircraft block hours or daily fleet utilization to the equation.
Yes, aircraft utilization can vary wildly between airlines, equipment type, and geographic area.
SWA utilizes the heck out of their airplanes, so their pilots get all their bock in a few short days and then get a lot of days off. If you have a lot of crews on 30 hour overnights or long airport sits, somebody ELSE has to come in to actually work flights that day...