Originally Posted by
Tyrion
I went off the February bid packet, that was 113 lines. Yes, DFW 175 is growing, so you get a few more hard lines now than you did last month, but they are also adding pilots, and will have closer to 420 in June. So it will all come out in the wash.
Scheduled flying is the bulk of our flying. Repo flights aren't enough to meaningfully move the needle when you are talking about 400 or so pilots.
So, congratulations... I ran the numbers at for April and it comes out to about 55 hours on average per pilot on the 175 in Dallas, the biggest growing fleet in the company. Great job proving me wrong.
(Also, reminder, we are talking about what to expect for DECs and new hires. About 1/3 of those CA lines are held by lifers).
Wanna run the numbers on 145s at ORD (where DECs will likely go)?
Like I said, this is not DEC-relevant so we should maybe continue this somewhere else.
But just a quick 101 on statistics - you can't average two groups (lineholders and reserve guys) and end up with any meaningful data. You have to average hours flown by reserve guys (which is probably around 25 hours a month), and lineholders (which is maybe around 65-70 hours a month). The "55 hours" number means nothing.