Originally Posted by
Hotel Kilo
It's not economics, otherwise United, American and SWA would be pulling back their hiring.
Again the word has come down from on high, efficiency. Nothing more. They're going to run this op lean, very lean and extract as much efficiency out of our group we can stand.
Delta Air Lines — Available Seat Miles (ASMs)
2019: 275 (billion ASMs)
2020: 134
2021: 194
2022: 233
2023: 272
2024: 288
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larges...s_in_the_world
So 14,500 pilots in 2019 with how many were wrapped up in reserve military work vs 17,300 pilots today.
2019 = 19.0 million ASMs per pilot
2024 = 16.6 million ASMs per pilot
Efficiency is down, mostly due to PWA improvements. My block hours have dropped the same percentage 2019 to 2024
I disagree, they are not just chasing efficiency, they are playing 3D chess like 100k jobs depend on it.