Airline Pilot Demand Reports
Pilot Demand Reports, that rely on fleet projections and mandatory pilot retirements (age 65)
These models are limited by their completeness. With these limitations pilots are encouraged to reach out to the website if they see ways to improve the accuracy of these numbers.
Current staffing numbers and ratios are applied throughout the model to reflect the number of crews required per aircraft.
The model is broken down into components.
Fleet breakdown
Just hover over each slice to see specific numbers and percentage.
Pilot Demand Table
Displays the values used to calculate the corrosponding charts.
Network
Compare
LCC
Cargo
Regional
Charted Projections
The pilot demand pulled from the table explained above is charted through the decade.
Percent Seniority Junior, is the percent of the seniority list projected to be junior to someone hired at the beginning of the chart. The slope, or change in relative seniority over time is a good gauge regarding the seniority movement for anyone over that an applicable time period.
Charted Demand for Pilots
Compares two different growth scenarios, outlined in the chart legend.
Upgrade/50% Seniority Calculator.
Using the data to populate the “Percent Seniority Junior” table, this widget takes expected future hire date or seniority at the beginning of the pages charts to compute an estimated 50% seniority mark based on the models assumptions.
The 50% seniority mark is a rough estimate of when a pilot could expect to upgrade (on average).
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