Originally Posted by
tireman77
I would guess it depends on the equipment. On a Beech 1900, I'd say the percentage is low, although just one would mean more than 5% of the manifest.
On the wide bodies, I'd say (using statistical significance) close to 100%.
Interesting estimate. I only took a few elementary courses in statistics, but would tend to very much disagree with your estimate.
AC operates >40000 flights with wide-body aircrafts per year.
Since flying patterns are unequally distributed, we'd have to at least triple that figure to achieve a "near 100%" figure.
The resulting statement "FTers take at least 120000 flights operated by AC widebody aircrafts each year" seems like a gross exaggeration considering there are only a few hundred regular AC forum participants (+ possibly a few thousand infrequent posters and lurkers).