Are cadets that much cheaper?
If you take into account the increased salary for a Line training Captain and a safety pilot for a few weeks does the cost amount to less than just using a FO??
Il do the maths: Safety pilot duties (at a guess) 70E an hour
Line catain (another guess) 150E per hour
so for an early SO a total of 220E per hour.
Normal crew: FO at 70E per hour
Capt at 136E per hour
206E per hour.
After safety pilot release it might make it cheaper:
SO at 40E per hour
Capt at 150E per hour
190E per hour total so under the bulk of the line training it is cheaper.
So im guessing any money from SSTR would offset this?
Anyone care to add?