Originally Posted by
sailingfun
The total block hours flown on average in 2001 were the same as the block hours flown in June of 2007 pre merger. You would expect that would yield the same number of pilots. Sadly it did not. We were flying the 07 schedule with 2500 fewer line pilots. Down from 10,000 to 7500. That was a direct result of a hundred or more work rule changes to increase productivity. Those jobs lost are equally spread across the fleet spectrum from 777 CA to MD88 FO.
You keep making this argument.... while it is valid, it's ridiculous and making you look the same. So mainline flew the same amount of block hours in 2001 as 2007? Neat. How much TOTAL (Delta branded) block hours were done in comparison?
Think about how many more pilot jobs we would have had such a massive % of our domestic flying not been outsourced ?