Crash at Nairobi Wilson Airport

[Jockey Straddler]

Mali ya mungu.....

At 54 years of age, with 35,000 total hours, out of which, 6000 of them from Miraa flights out of Wilson, what can you tell me about miraa flight operations?

Thanks god, i am now out of it, flying big cargo jets now in Singapore, and preparing myself for retirement... as a matter of fact, i have taken up horse riding thats why i call myself Jockey Straddler.

from Belarus... Honestly i am not sure... what i know is that i have never been to Belarus.

Anyway everybody is entitled to his opinion.

[nugpot]

At 54 years of age, with 35,000 total hours, out of which, 6000 of them from Miraa flights out of Wilson, what can you tell me about miraa flight operations?

A thousand hours a year every year from 19 to 54??

I think Jockey Straddler has an overactive pen when he approaches his logbook.........

At least Singapore is far away from the air that I frequent.

[Cenrifugel]

Man I thought I was working hard with 980hrs last year! Amazing how some poeple manage to get so much flying done. It basically means after ten years of flying I should have 10 000hrs in my logbook!? If only that were true.

[VanDokta]

So are you straddling horses or jockeys ?

[groundfloor]

A thousand hours in your logbook a year with some contract companies was not uncommon a couple of years ago. That was flying 8 weeks in 4 weeks out...Go figure .

But to do it every year for so long - ouch!! - must say last six years have done an average of 880 a year... one third flat on my back thank goodness!

[Jockey Straddler]

Average 1000... per year. sometimes less sometimes more. I started flying at 18. Unlike others, who are flying for money, flying is a hobby to me. I been a member of so many flying clubs i have lost count.

By the way, my flying hours are TOTAL HOURS, inclussive of sim.

I confess i am tired. thats why early retirement from commercial flying.


Again my sincere condolences to family and friends of captain.

[Renaissance]

Thread creep

Well we're getting off topic here, but a buddy of mine flew Let 410's for blue bird for an average of 7 hrs per day for 480 days in a row. Of course due to logging rules he couldn't log all the hours...

If I'm not wrong 10 yrs ago Clay Lacy claimed to have 47,000 hrs.

[Jockey Straddler]

.....besides i do own a Bonanza 36 as a "toy". Which means I dont have to depend on Duty Roster to log hours, or come to that, I dont have to moth-ball my log book when going on holliday.

I seem to have touched a lot of raw nerves here. Sorry, it wasnt intentional. PPRune is for aviators to chill out and losen up. The only requirement here is to possess a little bit of sense of humour.


Again my sincere condolences to family and friends of the Captain.