Lines to airplanes
03-09-2007, 08:31 AM
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Actually, at the regional level I believe 1 aircraft equates to 4 lines of flying. I think SkyWest has 5 crews per aircraft. Another way to look at is that an aircraft will normally block 7-9 hours a day or around 3000 hours a year. Figure out how many pilots will need to cover that.
Yes, SKW has about five right now but they are short. 95 hour lines only work well until about mid-October
I'm guessing they will stabilize at a little closer to 6 crews/airplane. Also, the numbers are skewed by the Bro...you can use less pilots on small turboprops (1200 hours/year).
03-09-2007, 04:34 PM
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