Originally Posted by
Stayontarget
Interesting. I thought about it a little differently. Only growing the airline by 20 per month so half the growth would be captains hence the 10 captains. But your mention of captains leaving does cause a problem with my basic formula.
Here’s some iffy assumption riddled math. Let’s say we can train roughly 57 every 3 weeks. That works out to ~75 a month. Let’s say we lose 40 a month plus another 5 washouts. That’s a gain of 30. Leaving upgrade at 15 a month. We’re gonna grow at a snails pace if at all. It’s not good enough.