Originally Posted by Excargodog

Never said made or broke, but even if everyone is on the same pay scale a new startup where everyone is starting at year one has a considerable personnel cost advantage over a legacy with a more mature work force.

Assuming both have the Delta A220 pay scale, the difference between a crew composed of a six year captain and three year FO compared to a first year captain and FO is still ~ $120/hr.

Assuming 10 hrs utilization a day 365 days a year, that’s North of $400k per aircraft per year which for a 60 aircraft fleet would be $24 million annually.

Make or break? Probably not, but neither is the $24 million exactly chicken feed either.