Originally Posted by
RodH
Before the " war " in 1989 we had it so good as far as domestic flying duty hours in a roster went. Most of us " block holders " would be pushing it to have done 650-700 hrs per year .Quite often we would fly one leg and pax home ! Quite a few days were of no more than 4 sectors and some just 2 and I am not talking International we are talking domestic East Coast of Australia with flights to the West. I was a fairly senior Training Capt . and could virtually pick what block I wanted and usually went for the most flying hours but there was not a real lot compared to today.
Upon reflection we were paid a lot for doing not a lot.
When I had to go overseas due to the " war " I really found out what it was to have to do a good days work.
Some will howl me down but that is how I found it!
I do not for one minute decry that the wheel has gone the other way and that a huge lot of pilots are doing a real lot of flying hours and maybe too many for safety but the thread starter asked for a comparison so this is what I have posted.