Average hours flown a year in the fractionals

[wolfpackpilot]

195 hours...

Never called in sick a day.

Was out 1 month for wife having a baby.

 

[gunfyter]

195 hours....

You gotta be sheetin me. Whats that like 30 or 40 flights the whole year? I got 70 hrs already this year with 3 more work days this month.

 

[FracCapt]

600 hours!!!!!! How many extended days in the past several years?

In the Hawker fleet at FLOPS, 600 hours is pretty typical with no extended days whatsoever. That's only an average slightly less than 3.4 hours per day based on 179 days per year(8/7 schedule minus 2 weeks of vacation....for those that can actually get it). If you're assigned a green Hawker, a 35-40 hour tour is not uncommon.

 

[wolfpackpilot]

I got 70 hrs already this year with 3 more work days this month.

You've never heard me say you don't deserve what you make!

 

[gutshotdraw]

Hey B,

Now you REALLY won't fly! How you digging the Cinco?

 

[wolfpackpilot]

How you digging the Cinco?

She got mucho grande motors man.

Did I mention it does a go around with A/P & A/T engaged? All the monkey (thats me) has to do is hit FLCH and LNAV.

Then the sim instructor gives me a bananna and I go poop in the corner.


(done in a 8 days.... hopefully)

 

[old*art]

Monket in the left seat

Back in the 70s I had a nav who used to carry a banana for the pilot after vnav descents to coupled ils with full auto land in the 141. He took great delight in telling student navs we were unnecessary lol.

 

[gutshotdraw]

"Did I mention it does a go around with A/P & A/T engaged? All the monkey (thats me) has to do is hit FLCH and LNAV."

Guess we'll have to teach you how to fly again when upgrade time rolls around....

 

[gunfyter]

You've never heard me say you don't deserve what you make!

Jusy thought you would get a lot more flying hours with the long legs....

 

[FracCapt]

Then the sim instructor gives me a bananna and I go poop in the corner.

Quick story.... One day, I was sitting on the jumpseat of a UAL 777. The Captain, who was fairly new to the airplane, was like a kid with a new toy. He wanted to show me everything that airplane would do. While we were in cruise, he kept talking about everything it would do automatically....and mentioned several times that before long it really WOULD be semi-trained monkeys flying the thing.

At that point, the FO reached over to his flight bag.....pulled out three bananas....gave us each one, and kept one for himself. It wasn't until we had all eaten half of the dang thing that the irony hit us. According to the Captain..... "Apparently, it's already happened"

 

[wolfpackpilot]

FracCapt,

I rode the jump seat on a 777 once. Ive never seen a flight deck so big. The CRT screens looked liked 42" plasmas. The best part of all, the pilot seats were electric.

PS. I was just kidding about pooping in the corner... they have newspapers on the floor in the breakroom!