So as a check of understanding for me............I question a statement in a post, I am immediately subjected to insults, others make wild claims like
'No one in their right mind likes night flying and it is often the least practised discipline within the military and civil sectors'.......
which is certainly not true in the military,
and I am the one accused of mud-slinging and creating p*ssing contests!
Several military posters have stated quite clearly how much night flying we do (a lot) but the actual amount of night flying training per shift in other outfits is still hidden behind 'look in CG3' (which guess what, I don't have).
Sven Sixtoo has articulated the reasons behind our high levels of training, we are not (at the moment) cost limited, but capability driven (for those that like management speak). Without rekindling previous vitriolic threads on this topic - if one crew flies one hour training a month at night and another crew flies 10 hours a month, who is likely to have the better night capability?