If anyone who's ever flown the C-130 (any variant), or worked with it extensively would be able to answer a couple of this students questions, you'd be a massive help.


How many hours do you fly on average per year?
If you wanted to continue flying the C-130 in the civilian world, what salary would you expect?
To your knowledge, how much does it cost per hour to fly?
If you were put in charge of training for a FO who had never flown the type before, what kind of training programme would you implement?


Cheers guys.

T'was a while ago but...

400. But lots of raf B-S on the ground twixt flights. Once got a ballocking for not putting face time in during the year when I'd done 600H

I earn £67K now. That'd do.

~£10K. But that was when £fuel > £servicing

Intense, and generally at the end of a sharp tongue & 'nav rule'. Lots of sims, 24 hours over 12 trips into unfamiliar airfields, at least a route across each of europe, The Pond (and beyond), and africa.

what kind of training programme would you implement?


Getting screeched in, bat faced on kokanelli and pulling the fattest bird in the club should just about get you graduated from the OCU.

Getting screeched in, bat faced on kokanelli and pulling the fattest bird in the club should just about get you graduated from the OCU.

This sounds like a GE entrant scheme :ok:

Getting screeched in, bat faced on kokanelli and pulling the fattest bird in the club.... Blimey that brings back memories

Getting screeched in, bat faced on kokanelli and pulling the fattest bird in the club should just about get you graduated from the OCU. Once again after 6 months for CR, yearly thereafter to maintain. Might need an 'auntie', methinks.

You forgot - after a short while you'll never again need to buy an expensive stereo.

You forgot - after a short while you'll never again need to buy an expensive stereo.

OK, not C130 but props. I have stereo, individual volume for each ear too. Provided by NHS. OK, maybe expensive but cheap stereo :)

OK, not C130 but props. I have stereo, individual volume for each ear too. Provided by NHS. OK, maybe expensive but cheap stereo

Flash git :p

400 hours a year very optimistic these days. You'll be lucky to get 250, and the vast majority of that in the sand.

I don't doubt it. It was too many moons ago when I lived & worked at Lyneham.

I would love to be there for the final flight of the 130K. Anyone know when it is planned? Any special events planned?