Originally Posted by
Night_Hawk
At this point we need more sims not airframes.
I note today's CPIL shows we've taken delivery of twelve Ochos and 158 747 crewmembers since 2017.
With 13 -400s, 15 total projected -8s, and 615 total projected 747 crewmembers at the end of 2019, that puts staffing at a fuzz under 22 pilots/airframe.
I believe staffing was 23 pilots/airframe when the first -8 order was made in Oct 2016.