Originally Posted by
RU4692
Thats ridiculous. I cant imagine that $162 is even enough to cover the fuel costs for that trip.
Full 76-seater burning average 1800lbs each side, 400 Kts average groundspeed, at $3.65/gallon
= $149.84 fuel cost (roundtrip).
and
= $3.25 first officer cost (assuming year five FO on year four pay)
Add the captain and two FAs, and Delta can't make money at that ticket price. Obviously the First Officer costs too much.
Put a Mesa pilot in the flight deck and Delta saves 8.5 pennies
on the entire round trip cost.