Longest Time Between Flights

[Charlie Brown]

Just wondering what the longest time you guys have gone between flights is? How was it getting back to the swing of things when you returned?

 

[Bavarian Chef]

Tomorrow will be 55 days. Mil duty. Again.

30 minutes of studying and a few high balls of "I don't give a sheet" and I will be perfectly qualified to sit next to a former CRJ captain for a few days.

 

[Occam's Razor]

Longest I've seen was 9-years. In '98 I gave IOE to a new captain (on the DC-9) who'd been in the FE seat for 9-years at NWA, without ever sitting in the right seat. He flew the B727 and B747 as a wrench from Day-1, and didn't fly outside NWA during that time.

By his own admission, he was "rusty" for the first few sims. He needed two 4-hour sessions to get his scan back, and re-learn the Pitch + Thrust = Performance rule.

By the time he reached me he'd already done a 3-day in decent wx. I got to take him in/out of MDW at night. Yikes!

He actually did a very good job, and was released to the line after about 50-hours of IOE. (Normal for us is 25-30 hours)

 

[jimcav]

Longest I've seen was 9-years. In '98 I gave IOE to a new captain (on the DC-9) who'd been in the FE seat for 9-years at NWA, without ever sitting in the right seat. He flew the B727 and B747 as a wrench from Day-1, and didn't fly outside NWA during that time.

By his own admission, he was "rusty" for the first few sims. He needed two 4-hour sessions to get his scan back, and re-learn the Pitch + Thrust = Performance rule.

By the time he reached me he'd already done a 3-day in decent wx. I got to take him in/out of MDW at night. Yikes!

He actually did a very good job, and was released to the line after about 50-hours of IOE. (Normal for us is 25-30 hours)

Damn dude that should be time off in purgatory for that!

 

[elag777]

Tomorrow will be 55 days. Mil duty. Again.

30 minutes of studying and a few high balls of "I don't give a sheet" and I will be perfectly qualified to sit next to a former CRJ captain for a few days.

Glad I am not flying any time soon!

 

[njcapt]

During furlough #2 I didn't fly for more than a year. When I got on at Eagle, I was really rusty. Had no scan and even something as simple as tuning the radios felt weird to me. Got it back after a few sims.

I was out for six months this past year (after not flying much for the previous year and a half) during furlough #3, and I jumped right back in like I had never left. It didn't hurt that it was essentially the same airplane as I had been flying before.

 

[FL717]

Ask me in a month.....

I go back to work this week after being on Medical leave for exactly 1 year. I had almost a year and a half and 1000 hours in the same seat in the same aircraft before I went out, so I don't expect anything to be that unbearable.

Not yet sure exactly what kind of 'modified' training program I will go through to get current again.

I am betting that my first 1 or 2 sim periods will make for a great YouTube Video though.....LOL!!

 

[IB6 UB9]

I go back to work this week after being on Medical leave for exactly 1 year. I had almost a year and a half and 1000 hours in the same seat in the same aircraft before I went out, so I don't expect anything to be that unbearable.

Not yet sure exactly what kind of 'modified' training program I will go through to get current again.

I am betting that my first 1 or 2 sim periods will make for a great YouTube Video though.....LOL!!

What was the "reason"?

 

[Whataburger]

Longest yesterday was 29 minutes.

 

[jimcav]

I go back to work this week after being on Medical leave for exactly 1 year. I had almost a year and a half and 1000 hours in the same seat in the same aircraft before I went out, so I don't expect anything to be that unbearable.

Not yet sure exactly what kind of 'modified' training program I will go through to get current again.

I am betting that my first 1 or 2 sim periods will make for a great YouTube Video though.....LOL!!

Glad to see ya back.

 

[s3jetman]

1,822 days and still counting. thank you for keeping the sky safe FAA!

 

[FL717]

Glad to see ya back.

Thanks Jim!

I think the first thing I should do when I get back is take vacation.......

LOL!

 

[bestpilot]

What was the "reason"?

Duuude, Somma dem hunnies dat ole Ty Guy gots on hiz speeed dile gotz da creepie crawlieez goin on an stuff.

Maybe ole FL717 cat had ta git hiz pipes cleened.

FL Duuude! Welcum back too da freaakking Trannie!

AWWWWW YEAAAHHHHHHHHH BOYEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!