Originally Posted by
dera
Yeah, like I said, my comments were more on the FO side. DECs are in a different situation.
It's not bad if you live in base. It sucks whale d*ck if you commute.
It's not true though that Envoy pilots fly less than 50 hours per month on average. The majority are still lineholders, and they fly the usual 70-80 hours a month.
OK, lets do some math looking at the bid packets and the seniority list. There are about 370 pilots (CA and FOs) on the 175 in DFW. Generously, we'll say there were 115 lines at 80 hours per line.
115 lines x 80 hours x 2 pilots = 18,400 hours to bid.
18,400 / 370 pilots = 49.7 hours. <--- the average
That was just one bid I picked at random and was generous rounding up, but I am sure that I could repeat that exercise with similar results at just about every domicile and equipment.