Originally Posted by darkroomsource
2600 horus can easily be achieved in with just two years experience of actually line flying. It is, however only equal to one and a half years of working at any other job.
You clearly aren't a pilot. EU OPS limits maximum block hours for flight crew to a maximum of 900 hours per year, although in reality, most pilots in airlines do about 800 block hours. The biggest mistake you made is compare flight (block hours) with working hours of an accountant. Block time starts when the aircraft starts to move on its on power and end when the aircraft comes to a complete stop on the blocks, not when a pilots shows for work and leaves after final flight of the day. Comparing block time to 9-5 job of some accountant -
