Originally Posted by
sailingfun
When you look at the pre chapter 11 seniority lists also look at the work rules and pilot utilization. Pre Chapter 11 the average Delta pilot flew 600 block hours a year. Post chapter 11 with the new contract the average pilot flies in excess of 800 block hours per year. That is better then a 25% improvement in productivity. We had just over 10,000 pilots. With a 25% improvement in productivity you are down to 7500 pilots. Want to know where the jobs went? WORK RULES!
You may have better data than me but I would be shocked if the average Delta pilot flew 800 hours per year. In fact, I would expect that the current average is less that 650. Even at the regional airlines I would not expect it to be much (if any) over 700.
Here are some numbers for Delta from a university study:
Year-Hr/Month-Hr/Year
98-----41.2-----494.4
99-----46.0-----552.0
00-----41.5-----498.0
01-----45.0-----540.0
02-----41.3-----495.6
03-----41.6-----499.2
04-----47.5-----570.0
05-----51.9-----622.8
06-----50.5-----606.0
07-----49.6-----595.2
The study's numbers also show Delta's Block Hours in 2007 (the most recent data in their study) down 22% over the high in 2000 and the fleet count down 30% over its high in 2001.