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And still, the pilot portion of the cost of operation for planes is in the single digits. You barely scrape into the double digits (maybe 20% MAX, closer to 10
by throwawayjava 9y ago
And still, the pilot portion of the cost of operation for planes is in the single digits. You barely scrape into the double digits (maybe 20% MAX, closer to 10 I think) if you count all labor.
- ceejayoz 9y agohttp://www.cnn.com/travel/article/how-airlines-make-less-than-6/index.html http://www.cnn.com/travel/article/how-airlines-make-less-tha... > "With a net profit margin of just 2.4%, airlines only retain $5.42 per passenger carried," said Tony Tyler CEO of International Air Transport Association (IATA) at the group's 70th AGM in Doha, Qatar. I suspect they're interested in single-digit cost reductions.
- btian 9y agoAirlines will kill to get another 10% in margin.
- throwawayjava 9y agoSo are flight attendants impossible to automate/do without? Or are there perhaps other forces -- beyond technical ones -- keeping humans in the plane?
- ghaff 9y agoAFAIK, the FAA requires a certain number of flight attendants for safety reasons.
- throwawayjava 9y agoRight, that's my point.