Originally Posted by dragon man
I would point out that a planning divisor and the actual divisor are two very different things. I would suggest that although the planning divisor is 155 the actual divisor will be closer to 175 hours and that is stick hours. Currently with night credits a 175 hour divisor equates to about 132 stick hours. Thats an extra 43 stick hours per bid period or approx two additional Narita trips.
Valid point Dragon man. However, your 43 additional stick hours assumes
ALL 4 man crewing (no night credits). Every hour that is 2 or 3 man crewed has either 33% or 25% night credits. Your calculations are the worst possible case.