Originally Posted by
frodo_monkey
Thats 500hrs over a tour not annually, which seems about right. I averaged 250 annually on GR4 which included a lot of SHADER time at circa 75hrs/month.
It may not be SHADER in six years time but fairly naive to assume Op ‘x’ won’t pop up in its place.
Someone very close to me is about to do SHADER. Seven years between walking through the gates at Dartmouth. An intructional tour after Valley and a "nationality" faff made plans change. So maybe a hassle free path could see SHADER in 5 years, with regular recurrence thereafter.