Originally Posted by
SaltyDog
Gained: Remove DC-8 and 727 from BHM and the 6 crew members a night 5 days a week requirment (2 aircraft and 30 crewmembers days required weekly) to a single A-300 with 2 crew members 5 days a week (10 crewmember days required weekly) flying BHM-SDF-BHM because the airplane and SDF could handle all the volume. A reduction of one airframe and a big drop in required crew members.
Good example! Wouldn't BHM only require 4 days per week due to Efficiency #1, the weekend trucking? That would reduce the need to 8 crewmember days per week from the 30...
(Correction) I looked up BHM, and they do fly the 5th day after all. It seems that they would be close enough to truck it up and back over the weekend, but maybe there is another factor that keeps that from happening.