Big Month
Thanks AOTW. No, not taking issue with you, just letting you know how it was and most likely still is on occasion. The manning ratio used to historically be 1.5 crews per aircraft in the transport world. Did not work too well in the first couple of years with the B707, especially as usually both the B707's were available and the tasking was pretty heavy. I flew over 500 hours per year as well as traveling back & forth to Hong Kong to use the Cathay Sim for all training and check sessions. Qantas dismantled their B707 Sim when we finished our conversion. It eventually came back to Mascot after being in Ireland for some years. Eventually the RAAF got a modern sim of their own. I left the RAAF in 1981, so am obviously well out of touch with current RAAF life. I have never lost sight of the value of the training and the opportunities the RAAF gave me.