Of course because silly terms like CASM and RASM taking into account the number of seats, revenue generated and costs associated for miles and time flown are worthless in our industry.
But OK, say it's a fair point not to compare exactly pay per seat across two different aircraft sizes. Luckily, we already have an established baseline for the ratio value the company uses.
Current TOS CA at QX for 76 seats is $129. $1.69/seat. Times that by the 178 seats for the Max and you have $302 vs current AS TOS CA at $266
302/266 is 1.135
1.135 is the current baseline ratio between what they will pay for TOS CA's on both sides taking into account not only number seats but all the various other factors they're using. Now run the per seat numbers again with new QX TOS of $215 but use the 1.135 ratio and you now have...
$215/76 = $2.82/hr
2.82*178 = $501/hr
$501/1.135 = $441
Will that be the final number? I don't know. I do know that with inflation since the contact because amendable, we'd need around $305 just to match $266. I also know that airfares on average have been up 24% since pre covid while capacity has been down over 10% with AS leading the way in margins and EPS guidance. I especially know with these new QX numbers, AS has acknowledged they can afford to pay us a lot more than what they previously tried to get us to believe.