Originally Posted by I was inverted

Target active pilots by EOY23 is 174 CA and 165 FO. There are 27 offline LAX CAs and 8 offline FOs. I believe that’s the discrepancy you see. The active (and target active) pilots line up a lot better than “total” pilots. I’d say there are likely more captains because LAX CAs have more vacation time than most LAX FOs (and probably more on disability since CAs are generally older than FOs).