Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
Aren't they running on reduced utilization already? The planes are not flying 24 hours a day, so a plane being "down" for maintenance is kind of a misnomer anyway. Meaning if one plane is down a full day, isn't there enough utilization remaining in the other aircraft to absorb this?
I am keeping some stats on utilization based on the bid packages. Utilization was insane during this Summer. July hit 14.95h per day, per plane. This is only as acurate as the bid package is. August was 13.52h. To me it seems they are following the usual seasonal fluctuation. Low 12s off season, mid 13s high season. 14+ was a spike and I don't know how to interpret it.