Sunny 77
5 hours a month! - I cant help feeling you are being a smidge unrealistic, especially in the Summer, when you can't start night flying until about 22.30. Where I work, we do 1.5/month to maintain currency, and I reckon this is a reasonable minimum. The course is about 10-12 hours, which includes flying and non-flying pilot duties low-level nav, nvg formation, load lifting, deck ops, and remote site field landings ( singly and as a formation). It can be a lot to learn in the time, but it works as part of a properly structured course.