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Delta apparently loosened up scope to get that and "medical freedom".
For starters, removing one pilot from a 767 sized jet has the same economic equivalence of reducing fuel burn by 25%. If AA does not do that, a competitor will, and it won't matter that we have two pilots because no one will be buying tickets on us (too expensive compared to competition).
Math on this?
On a 737 if I use VERY conservative numbers of 4000lbs/hour and $3/gallon is something like 17-1800 dollars per hour. 25% of that being $425/hour.