Lines to airplanes
03-08-2007, 08:40 PM
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Sorry, I mean line as in line holders. If an airline brings 5 new planes, how many new line holders will that be? The easy answer says some where around 6, 6 crews per airplane. However, with MX and other things I was just wondering? Thanks...
03-08-2007, 08:57 PM
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Not a fair comparison. The number of lines is usually a result of how much flying a company has compared to how many pilots it has. Just because a company brings on a new aircraft, there's no set "line" that goes along with it...it could be a spare/charter/etc.
03-09-2007, 07:35 AM
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Hard lines vs. reserve lines I think is the question you were asking. In a traditional paper bidding system with pre-built lines (where you bid for the entire line) you will usually see 80% hard lines, 20% reserve lines.
PBS (computer based bidding) will normally have far fewer reserve lines, like maybe 5%. This is because the computer plans ahead for vacations, training events, military leave, etc so they do not need reserves to cover these, just sick calls, duty-time issues, and repo flights.
03-09-2007, 08:22 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.
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