Originally Posted by RawScoreZero

Its amazing that they have half the employees per airplane,yet manage to move their metal just as good or better than Delta and get higher scores for customer service.

In summary:
1) Fewer people to accomplish the same work. In every department.
2) Lower MX costs due to fleet simplification.
3) Lower training costs due to fleet simplification.
4) Lower Executive pay
5) Higher Daily utilization per plane.
6) Higher revenue by selling 80%+ tickets on thier own website.

Anything else?

Originally Posted by acl65pilot

A few things that make it easier for them but are not inclusive. 1) Less Debt load which equates to less debt service, or in layman's terms, less interest paid, 2) They work more block hrs per pilot than we do, and fly less credit. I suggest looking at the MIT Website website: Airline Data Project
and here is one that offers comparitive analysis:
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...0Summary09.htm

Here is a direct wage one that shows the LUV pilots making more but you need to look at block per pilot as well:

http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...0PERSONNEL.htm

This one is a good start, because it gives equivalent pilots for equal block.
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...ity%202009.htm

Here is the block per pilot breakdown:
http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...er%20Month.htm

Passengers per pilot:

http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/2...Equivalent.htm

I will keep this simple as you just kicked the bee hive again!

ALPA could recapture the flying at the majors and represent the regional pilots interests. It requires the mainline pilots accepting that the regional ALPA members are part of their trade and when the flying is recaptured, they do not just step on their fellow ALPA brother or sister, but find a solution that benefits these pilots that is better than the street. In a word, Unity. If we all cannot see that, we are doomed from the start.