Originally Posted by
alfaromeo
Just a few facts to assuage the fears that have stirred around here lately. First, all jets are not created equal. We have added 10 777's to the fleet, which are the international adds since 2007. Those 10 aircraft produce as many pilot jobs as 40 DC-9's. That's right 40.
I'm not understanding the math here. Since 40 is four times as much as 10, you're saying one 777 produces the same number of pilots as four DC-9's. I just looked at the category lists for February and found the following:
744's = 16. 199A's, and 251B's for a total of 450 pilots.
DC-9's = 34. 195A's and 188B's for a total of 383 pilots.
So we have twice as many DC-9's as we do 744's, yet we only have a little over twice the number of pilots on the 744. Using your math, we should have 720 pilots on the 744. Instead we only have 450.
What am I missing here alfa?
Carl