Howard Hughes
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I was just looking at some Delta stats and noticed they currently show 438 airplanes with 6850 active pilots. By my calculations thats aprox 15 pilots per airplane. Is this normal? I also noticed United has 460 airplanes with 8000 active pilots producing an average of 18 pilots per plane.
If this is true (and I didnt screw up the calculations) then doesnt the projections of 200 to 350 pilots to be hired for 2007 seem high unless there would be more airplanes not on the order books coming online? I have also heard another 400 pilots in 2008 which if you look at the scheduled orders for this time period would be high as well? Anyone want to venture a guess or tell me where my fuzzy math is wrong?
If this is true (and I didnt screw up the calculations) then doesnt the projections of 200 to 350 pilots to be hired for 2007 seem high unless there would be more airplanes not on the order books coming online? I have also heard another 400 pilots in 2008 which if you look at the scheduled orders for this time period would be high as well? Anyone want to venture a guess or tell me where my fuzzy math is wrong?
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