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Blk Hrs Blk/Day Schedule Commentary 2

Base-specific Staffing & Line History 3

CRJ200 CRJ7&9: Credit/DP, Credit/Day, Block/DP, Block/Day, Layover, Duty Day, Sit 4

0 0 CRJ7&9: TAFB/Block, TAFB/Credit, Duty/Block, Duty/Credit 5

(-107) (-4) CRJ7&9: Numbers and Percentage of Each Pairing Length 6

(-100%) CRJ7&9: Credit Hours and Percentage of Each Pairing Length 7

CRJ7&9: Calendar Distribution of Pairing-Days 8

CRJ7&9

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(-139) (-5)

(-7%)

All CRJ

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(-11%)

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2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 YtY Δ

Blk hrs 2840 2829 3094 2963 3005 2918 2174 1887 2058 1903 2010 2168 1922 -918

Blk day 95 91 103 96 97 97 70 63 66 63 67 72 64 -31

% Chg -5.2% -3.6% 13.0% -7.3% 1.4% 0.3% -27.9% -10.3% 5.5% -4.4% 5.6% 7.9% -11.3% -32.3%

Regional Scheduling Representative ReportSEA CRJ

April 2017

Block Hour History

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Prepared by Dan Washburn

Blk Hr Summary Table of Contents

The purpose of this report is to provide a technical analysis of the pairings available in the monthly bid along with a historical

comparison over the past year. Reports are prepared each month for each domicile & aircraft fleet as well as the entire SkyWest

system.

These reports can be useful in both your monthly bid and in considering a transfer or transition to another domicile or aircraft type.

You can access archived reports for any domicile online at the SAPA website (www.sapapilot.org) under Resources -> RSR Reports

& Scheduling Surveys.

Please contact your RSR if you have any specific input. Often the schedules are constrained by greater considerations that your

RSR may be able to explain, but sometimes your input makes a difference in future schedules.

Interpret this data: The number of scheduled block hours is useful to see whether flying in a domicile is growing,

shrinking, or remaining relatively constant. The block per day is presented because each bid month may be 30 or 31 days

long. Because airline schedules vary seasonally, a year-over-year comparison is provided in the last column to compare

the current bid month vs. one year ago.

Please give us your commentary on this month's pairings!

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SEA Report on CRJ Aircraft for April 2017 Bid Month

Schedule Commentary by Dan Washburn

Staffing

Commentary

Bid Average:82FA

Grntee Target Total Rsrve Rsrve%

170

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197 247 50 25.4%

(+1) (+27)(+28) (+13.6)

CRJ FO

26 30 36 6

Bid Average:82

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(-4) (-3) (-2) (+1) (+4.8)

CRJ CA

26 31 36 5

Bid Average:86

16.1%

(-4) (-2) (-1) (+1) (+4.0)

1-Day: 58 11.3%

5-Day: 0 0.0%

2-Day: 48 18.1%

3-Day: 10 7.0%

4-Day: 56 47.6%

Pairing Breakdown

# % Ttl Credit

SDO: 59 16.0%

SEA CRJ Flight Crews,

It is nice to be back to a “normal” bid month for April. The bid

period runs from the 1st through the 30th. SEA total CRJ block

hours will drop about 11% from March, with a 4% drop in 7/900

flying and the elimination of all CRJ 200 pairings. With the block

hours down the target lines decrease as well. We are down 2

lines for Captains and 3 for First Officers. I do not have any

additional information at this time about the future of CRJ 200

flying out of Seattle except that we may see a small amount of

200 pairings on an as needed basis.

Pairings have relatively minor changes from last month with the

exception being the loss of the CRJ 200 locals. The most notable

change in the CRJ 7/900 pairings is a small increase in the

number of stand-ups and 2 day trips and a corresponding small

decreases on the other pairing lengths. Those of you who bid for

locals will notice the biggest change from March.

The silver lining to losing block is that SEA CRJ staffing levels are

among the highest in the system. Captain reserve compliment

increases from 12.1% to 16.1%. FO reserve compliment

increases from 15.2% to 20%. The total number of CRJ pilots in

SEA is down by 13 Captains and 11 First Officers from April 2016.

Please take the time to make your voices heard. You can contact

me anytime with requests or ideas.

Fly safe and happy bidding.

Dan Washburn

[email protected]

Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr

2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

Total CA 49 49 56 49 50 49 48 47 43 42 41 37 36

Tgt CA 42 43 47 42 44 44 34 29 33 30 33 33 31

% CA RSV 16.7% 14.0% 19.1% 16.7% 13.6% 11.4% 41.2% 62.1% 30.3% 40.0% 24.2% 12.1% 16.1%

Line Credit 86 85 84 87 85 85 81 78 84 78 84 87 86


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

Total FO 47 48 51 49 49 55 43 38 35 35 36 38 36

Tgt FO 41 42 42 40 43 44 34 29 30 29 31 33 30

% FO Rsv 14.6% 14.3% 21.4% 22.5% 14.0% 25.0% 26.5% 31.0% 16.7% 20.7% 16.1% 15.2% 20.0%

Line Credit 89 87 87 85 87 86 83 80 87 81 84 88 82


SEA CRJ Captain Staffing

SEA CRJ First Officer Staffing

Interpret this data: Staffing is presented for each seat for the specific domicile & equipment type of this report. Total staffing is

the sum of targeted line holders & reserve lines, and represents the total number of bidders for a particular month. Target

Lineholders is an estimate of the number of line holders in the bid month based on scheduled flying and pre-assigned duties,

leave, etc.

% Reserve is estimated based on the number of reserve lines divided by target lineholders. The reserve estimate does not

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Cr / DP 5:25 5:31 5:28 5:33 5:27 5:33 5:32 5:25 5:30 5:25 5:17 5:24 5:24

CR / Day 4:38 4:43 4:43 4:45 4:42 4:43 4:43 4:41 4:39 4:37 4:36 4:42 4:39

Bk / DP 4:40 4:44 4:48 4:54 4:51 4:50 4:45 4:44 4:56 4:52 4:44 4:46 4:45

Bk / Day 3:59 4:02 4:09 4:12 4:11 4:07 4:03 4:06 4:11 4:09 4:07 4:09 4:05


CRJ 200 System-Wide Data

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Bk / Day Cr / DP CR / Day Bk / DP

Interpret this data: Credit or Block per Duty Period or per Day are measures of daily productivity. A Duty Period is a day in

which there is flying, but there are some pairings where there is a day with no flying. Thus, there are more Days than Duty

Periods. In general, bigger numbers are better, indicating higher work efficiency for your time working and number of days in a


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

TAFB / Bk 3.54 3.58 3.57 3.43 3.50 3.50 3.49 3.63 3.46 3.45 3.58 3.55 3.56

TAFB / Cr 3.05 3.07 3.13 3.03 3.11 3.05 3.01 3.17 3.10 3.10 3.21 3.14 3.13

Duty / Bk 1.95 1.95 1.90 1.90 1.88 1.92 1.94 1.91 1.88 1.90 1.89 1.89 1.94

Duty / Cr 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.68 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.67 1.68 1.71 1.70 1.67 1.70


CRJ 200 System-Wide Data

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TAFB / Bk TAFB / Cr Duty / Bk Duty / Cr

Interpret this data: The upper graph covers efficiency ratios. Some people call these numbers “rigs.” For example, the ratio of

time away from base (TAFB) to the total credit earned is often called a trip rig. Also shown are ratios of TAFB to block (flying)

and duty to block and credit ratios.

Duty is duty time. The ratio of duty to block is the average amount of time on duty to cover one hour of flying. Similarly, duty

to credit is the amount of time on duty to provide one hour of credit.

For all of these ratios, lower is more efficient. If, for example, TAFB to Credit were 1, then you’d earn an hour of pay for each


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

SDO #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0 #N/A

1-Day #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 17 #N/A






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SDO #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0.0% #N/A

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Percentage of Total Pairing-Days Offered by Each Pairing Length

SEA Report on CRJ 200 for April 2017 Bid Month#N/A

Numbers of Each Pairing Length

Interpret this data: These graphs show the absolute numbers of each pairing lengths, and the percentage of pairing-days that

pairing length contributes to all the pairing-days in the bid package.

From the table, you might see that 4-day pairings contribute 50% of all the pairing days. From this you can conclude that if

everybody wants 4-day trips, you'll have to be above 50% seniority to get them.

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SDO #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 0% #N/A

1-Day #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A #N/A 87% #N/A





Percentage of Total Credit Offered by Each Pairing Length

SEA Report on CRJ 200 for April 2017 Bid Month#N/A

Average Credit Hours Per Day in Each Pairing Length

Interpret this data: Instead of dealing with pairing-days as on the previous page, these graphs show the distribution of credit per

day, and the percentage of credit that each pairing length contributes to all the credit in the bid package.

For example, if you're in a domicile that's made up of mostly commuters, and the senior bidders commute, most bidders will

want 4-day pairings. From the table, you might see that 4-day pairings contribute 50% of all the pairing credit. From this you can

conclude that if everybody wants 4-day trips, you'll have to be above 50% seniority to get them.

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SEA Report on CRJ 200 Aircraft for April 2017 Bid Month#N/A

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Total Duty Periods by Date for All Pairings (Includes Carry-in)

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Interpret this data. This calendar shows how many duty periods from all pairings fall on each day. For example, a 3-day pairing

starting on the 10th shows one day on the 10th, one on the 11th and one on the 12th.

Carry-in pairings are included. For example, if there was a 4-day pairing starting on the last day of the previous month, it is

counted on the first three days of this month.

This can help you guess when you might be forced to work on a popular day, likeChristmas. If, for example, there are 50 trips on

Christmas and your seniority is less than 50 from the bottom, you can bid knowing you'll likely have to work that day.


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

Cr / DP 5:41 5:43 5:37 5:43 5:47 5:37 5:33 5:32 5:32 5:31 5:32 5:35 5:32

CR / Day 5:09 5:07 5:09 5:12 5:07 4:58 5:00 5:02 4:52 4:55 4:53 4:52 4:50

Bk / DP 5:09 5:08 5:09 5:12 5:11 5:01 4:59 5:01 4:52 4:48 4:46 4:49 4:56

Bk / Day 4:40 4:36 4:43 4:44 4:35 4:26 4:29 4:34 4:17 4:17 4:13 4:12 4:18

SEA Report on CRJ for April 2017 Bid Month

CRJ 7&9 System-Wide Data

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Cr / DP CR / Day Bk / DP Bk / Day

Interpret this data: Credit or Block per Duty Period or per Day are measures of daily productivity. A Duty Period is a day in

which there is flying, but there are some pairings where there is a day with no flying. Thus, there are more Days than Duty

Periods. In general, bigger numbers are better, indicating higher work efficiency for your time working and number of days in a

pairing.


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

TAFB / Bk 3.41 3.45 3.43 3.46 3.46 3.49 3.56 3.52 3.54 3.55 3.56 3.55 3.49

TAFB / Cr 3.09 3.10 3.15 3.15 3.11 3.11 3.20 3.19 3.12 3.09 3.07 3.06 3.11

Duty / Bk 1.72 1.71 1.69 1.70 1.74 1.79 1.73 1.74 1.82 1.82 1.86 1.88 1.83

Duty / Cr 1.56 1.53 1.55 1.55 1.56 1.59 1.56 1.58 1.60 1.59 1.60 1.62 1.63

SEA Report on CRJ for April 2017 Bid MonthPage 5

CRJ 7&9 System-Wide Data

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TAFB / Bk TAFB / Cr Duty / Bk Duty / Cr

Interpret this data: The upper graph covers efficiency ratios. Some people call these numbers “rigs.” For example, the ratio of

time away from base (TAFB) to the total credit earned is often called a trip rig. Also shown are ratios of TAFB to block (flying)

and duty to block and credit ratios.

Duty is duty time. The ratio of duty to block is the average amount of time on duty to cover one hour of flying. Similarly, duty

to credit is the amount of time on duty to provide one hour of credit.

For all of these ratios, lower is more efficient. If, for example, TAFB to Credit were 1, then you’d earn an hour of pay for each

hour away from home.


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

SDO 63 60 26 42 40 42 61 35 27 40 71 57 59

1-Day 27 51 23 38 44 59 62 15 22 18 95 67 58

2-Day 18 15 21 13 16 36 9 11 14 21 18 38 48

3-Day 55 49 64 70 73 24 26 58 75 10 20 17 10

4-Day 85 85 89 75 83 99 69 39 45 75 51 60 56

5-Day 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017

SDO 14.3% 13.7% 6.0% 9.9% 8.7% 9.5% 17.4% 12.5% 8.2% 13.3% 21.2% 16.5% 17.8%

1-Day 4.1% 7.8% 3.5% 6.0% 6.4% 8.9% 11.8% 3.6% 4.4% 4.0% 18.9% 12.9% 11.7%

2-Day 5.4% 4.6% 6.4% 4.1% 4.7% 10.9% 3.4% 5.2% 5.7% 9.3% 7.2% 14.6% 19.3%

3-Day 24.9% 22.3% 29.4% 33.0% 31.9% 10.9% 14.8% 41.5% 45.4% 6.7% 12.0% 9.8% 6.0%

4-Day 51.3% 51.7% 54.6% 47.1% 48.3% 59.8% 52.5% 37.2% 36.3% 66.7% 40.7% 46.2% 45.1%

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SEA Report on CRJ 7&9 for April 2017 Bid MonthPage 6

Numbers of Each Pairing Length

Percentage of Total Pairing-Days Offered by Each Pairing Length

Interpret this data: These graphs show the absolute numbers of each pairing lengths, and the percentage of pairing-days that

pairing length contributes to all the pairing-days in the bid package.

For example, if you're in a domicile that's made up of mostly commuters, and even the senior bidders commute, most bidders

will want 4-day pairings. From the table, you might see that 4-day pairings contribute 50% of all the pairing days. From this you

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SDO 6:03 5:57 5:54 5:28 5:10 5:07 5:02 6:27 5:56 5:22 5:42 5:43 6:20

1-Day 6:05 5:41 5:42 5:32 5:34 5:18 4:52 5:03 5:09 5:02 4:59 4:50 4:35

2-Day 5:06 4:56 5:40 5:18 5:27 4:45 4:15 4:31 4:46 4:51 5:04 4:35 4:26

3-Day 5:04 4:57 5:26 5:18 5:07 5:44 5:44 4:55 4:48 5:42 5:26 5:23 5:28

4-Day 5:25 5:24 5:01 5:03 5:00 5:04 5:00 5:11 4:54 5:02 5:07 5:11 4:59

5-Day 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00


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SDO 11% 11% 5% 7% 6% 7% 12% 11% 7% 10% 17% 13% 16%

1-Day 5% 9% 4% 7% 7% 10% 12% 4% 5% 4% 19% 13% 11%

2-Day 5% 4% 7% 4% 5% 10% 3% 5% 6% 9% 8% 14% 18%

3-Day 25% 22% 31% 35% 33% 13% 18% 41% 46% 8% 13% 11% 7%

4-Day 54% 55% 53% 47% 49% 61% 55% 39% 37% 69% 43% 49% 48%

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Average Credit Hours Per Day in Each Pairing Length

Percentage of Total Credit Offered by Each Pairing Length

Interpret this data: Instead of dealing with pairing-days as on the previous page, these graphs show the distribution of credit per

day, and the percentage of credit that each pairing length contributes to all the credit in the bid package.

For example, if you're in a domicile that's made up of mostly commuters, and the senior bidders commute, most bidders will

want 4-day pairings. From the table, you might see that 4-day pairings contribute 50% of all the pairing credit. From this you

can conclude that if everybody wants 4-day trips, you'll have to be above 50% seniority to get them.

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Total Duty Periods by Date for All Pairings (Includes Carry-in)

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Interpret this data: This calendar shows how many duty periods from all pairings fall on each day. For example, a 3-day

pairing starting on the 10th shows one day on the 10th, one on the 11th and one on the 12th.

Carry-in pairings are included. For example, if there was a 4-day pairing starting on the last day of the previous month,

it is counted on the first three days of this month.

This can help you guess when you might be forced to work on a popular day, likeChristmas. If, for example, there are 50

trips on Christmas and your seniority is less than 50 from the bottom, you can bid knowing you'll likely have to work that

day.

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