Originally Posted by
Lewbronski
The data I'm using comes from
MIT's Airline Data Project. I footnoted that on the chart where I referred to Delta pilots flying 30% more block hours, on average, than SWA pilots. But it may have been too small to read if viewed on a mobile device. Here is exactly what the footnote said: "Using latest data available (2018) for both SWA and Delta Airlines from the "Airline Data Project." Massachusetts Institute of Technology Global Airline Industry Program, http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/default.html".
2018 is currently the latest data published for Delta by the Airline Data Project. So, I compared SWA's 2018 "Block Hours Per Employee Per Month - Pilots & Co-Pilots (note: Includes Flight Engineers where applicable)" which was
53.1 block hours to the same 2018 figure for Delta, which was
40.6 block hours. The difference is 30.8%.
Ok, thanks, I did miss the small/fine print for the infamous MIT study. FYI, the figure I have seen at DL is much,
much closer to SWA's 53.1 than stated in the MIT study. I can't see deep enough into the methodology of the MIT study to know if that is apples/apples with each figure. But I submit that the MIT study is off, at least on this metric. Maybe a difference in the figure I have seen is controlling for lower productivity SLI/CPO? Or zero productivity Sick/disability pilots? I dunno. There are some inefficiencies at DL for multiple aircraft types (and associated training churn). Just FYI
Originally Posted by
NuGuy
Hey Fangs, two different things. 50 hours or less in the previous year to get out of GFB. 50 hours or less in the preceding two years exempts you from any QHCP note at all no matter how much sick time you use (no 120 hour limit).
Thus if you've used 50 or less in the last 2 sick leave years, no GFB and no note over 120.
Ahh, thanks. Missed the nuance.