"Claimed" hours. No way of regulatory auditing especially if flown with foreign airlines
No idea how many hours he had, but he virtually lived in a PIC seat, and would have done more hours than the average bear. Gave up flying 707 for Asian airline on the London run to attend uni studying medicine, uni went by the way side very quickly as he was working as chief pilot for two separate company's, one RW, one FW, before going to 737 domestic. Flew anything with wings or rotor, spent some time working with the gent.