Originally Posted by surreal1221

Nope, you got it right.

Same figures, well - close enough, to what I came up with about a month ago. 10 pilots per plane is a comfortable staffing level for the most part. 4.5-4.8 crews per a/c tend to provide sufficient reserve/sick/vacation leaves. So, they're kinda cutting it close. The transition will be entertaining.

My previous post though, to whoever replied, wasn't in regards to seeing a recall. Delta mainline is looking at a 7% YOY increase in block hours. How that may trickle down to increasing sub-contract feed demand is yet to be determined.