Airline costs and productivity charts

[FCPhotography]

"The more destinations a company has, the more employees it takes. Pretty simple.."

Do you have 2 departures a day with 3 employees or do you have 23 departures with 6 employees? Do all the employees know how to operate or maintain each different type of plane that is parked at that gate?

 

[Muskycat]

"The more destinations a company has, the more employees it takes. Pretty simple.."

Do you have 2 departures a day with 3 employees or do you have 23 departures with 6 employees? Do all the employees know how to operate or maintain each different type of plane that is parked at that gate?

How about if brand x services 85 cities and brand Y services 400 cities. And each city has on average 10 employees.

 

[FCPhotography]

How about if brand x services 85 cities and brand Y services 400 cities. And each city has on average 10 employees.

I don't know why anyone would consider employees per airframe and why some financial wizards would graph it. Just count the number of stations. Clear as a bell now. Thank you.

 

[Lampshade]

I don't know why anyone would consider employees per airframe and why some financial wizards would graph it. Just count the number of stations. Clear as a bell now. Thank you.

Because airframes make money and employees take money. The ratio between the two can be telling, especially with bloated mgmt layers and union largess.

 

[FCPhotography]

Thanks Lampshade. Was being sarcastic for Muskycat.

 

[Max Powers]

SWA labor costs are the highest but they have the fewest employees per aircraft, which helps them achieve the lowest CASM.

true but realize they don't have a 400 seat 747 that takes on cargo. You need more people to work a 747 thank a 737. That is not a good metric for determining cost and productivity effectiveness.

 

[FCPhotography]

I thought the 747 has one of the lowest CASM's in the industry.

I don't know what comparison is the best. Comparing ASM's per employee is probably better...just looking at the charts for entertainment value.

For example,

Chart 49, "labor costs per passenger".....I don't understand how this is even possible.

http://www.airlinefinancials.com/airline_data_comparisons.html

 

[PBRstreetgang]

Are you really that ignorant?

Indirectly, via the sunroof conversion "heavy check" process. MX outsourcing.

 

[densoo]

I don't know why anyone would consider employees per airframe and why some financial wizards would graph it

Work rules.

 

[FCPhotography]

Work rules.

That was sarcasm.

The airline with some of the best work rules in the industry has the lowest CASM. I can't explain that and that is what I am trying to understand.

 

[densoo]

That was sarcasm.

The airline with some of the best work rules in the industry has the lowest CASM. I can't explain that and that is what I am trying to understand.

Sorry!

 

[densoo]

http://web.mit.edu/airlinedata/www/...ail Cockpit Cost Per Block Hour Summary10.htm