Originally Posted by
Huck
Let's say....
16 hours of flight time a day per airframe, times
30 days a month, times
30 airframes, times
4 required flight crewmembers aboard, equals:
57,600 flight hours a month. Divided by
75 hours per line, equals:
768 pilots.
That's 25.6 pilots per airframe.....
Huck, I agree with your math but the premise is incomplete. You forgot vacation, 12 work days/mo (crews are not avail 30days.mo), required reserves 10-15%. This makes 1200 pilots seem conservative.
