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  • The highest QPP number you can theoretically be?

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    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker



    « Thread started on: Aug 8th, 2006, 11:24am »

    I thought about this one as it was asked somewhere else.......... and came up with this.....


    The highest Q number anyone can possibly have is 16. Here's how it works.

    Joe bloke starts work and flies J SIN-CGK only, and he does only 10 Rt's a year. in 9 Years, he is QPP9, and has 225 lifetime sectors. (SIN-CGK was chosen since it's got the lowest mile/sector at 445.6miles to 1 sector)

    At that time, however, he crucially only has 125460 PPS miles. Joe then gets transferred to KUL, and flies KUL-SIN only. He needs 500000 miles in total now since he ain't doing CGK runs anymore, so will not qualify on sectors

    (KUL-SIN was chosen, but any sector under 482 miles will do)

    As luck would have it, Joe flies precisely 91 RT's a year in F KUL-SIN for 50232 pps miles every year. He's still on 225 lifetime sectors though.

    The remaining 374540 he needs for TPP (500000-125460), is acquired over another 7 years (not 8 as you might think, since he qualifies on just over 50000). Your lifetime counter still ticks, but your year on year counter is reset to 0.

    So Joe then qualifies for QPP16 at 50232 miles for the year as usual, and at 477,084 miles lifetime, 225 sectors lifetime. Halfway through his QPP17 qualifying year, he reaches the magic 500000 and becomes TPP. The numbers still work out the same even if it is calculated using some other sector, as long as the sector is under 482 miles.

    That, my friends, is NOT the way to become TPP.



    MANFlyer
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #1 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 11:29am »

    I can't be ar*ed working it out so I'll take your word for it. Brilliant.



    jhm
    SQTalk PPS Club


    « Reply #2 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 11:39am »

    Erm ... in summary, I think you're saying that he flies until he very nearly qualifies for TPP by sectors and then changes so that he flies until he qualifies for TPP by miles ?



    MovieMan
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #3 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 11:42am »

    Our resident statistician/mathematician is at it again.



    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #4 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 1:49pm »

    Originally posted by jhm
    Erm ... in summary, I think you're saying that he flies until he very nearly qualifies for TPP by sectors and then changes so that he flies until he qualifies for TPP by miles ?
    In essence, yes




    infoworks
    SQTalker


    « Reply #5 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 1:50pm »

    Sadly it sounds reminiscent of some of my "long march" to TPPS status!!!



    StarG
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #6 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 3:39pm »

    Bravo shortfinals!
    ‘Lean into the sharp points’

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    9V-JKL
    SQTalk Elite Gold


    « Reply #7 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 4:28pm »

    Slow Day Shortfinals?



    shortfinals
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #8 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 4:58pm »

    Originally posted by 9V-JKL
    Slow Day Shortfinals?
    is it THAT obvious?



    9V-JKL
    SQTalk Elite Gold



    « Reply #9 on: Aug 8th, 2006, 5:01pm »

    Originally posted by shortfinals
    is it THAT obvious?

    WELL.............



    jjpb3
    Founding SQTalker


    « Reply #10 on: Aug 9th, 2006, 12:11pm »

    The example doesn't take into account the possibility that he doesn't meet and get some coaching from either shortfinalsor CGKabout the folly of his ways.

    Very entertaining calculations, shortfinals.
    ‘Lean into the sharp points’

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