Originally Posted by
asacimesp
There will always need to be more Captains than FO’s to be “balanced”. The reason being that captains, mostly by definition, have been here longer and thus have more vacation and larger sick banks with higher usage due to being older.
Not actually correct at Delta due to the high percentage of FO’s with military obligations. Staffing percentages are generally within a percentage point or two between CA and FO’s.