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revilo_rehsif
10th Feb 2005, 16:19
I am 16 yrs young. i am thinking about joing the AAC, I have read all the brochures and whatnot. I just have one question;
If you are in any of the armed forces, how many hours do you personally fly in a week.
thanx:ok:
RN Merlin Pilot
10th Feb 2005, 18:23
Absolutely none whatsoever!!!!!!!!!!
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raytofclimb
10th Feb 2005, 18:34
F3 Fleet:
5 poor
15-20 Average
25+ V busy
200000+hrs QRA- love it!
Ray
revilo_rehsif
10th Feb 2005, 18:34
Sorry Merlin pilot
Is that just this week or is that your average!!!:ok:
RN Merlin Pilot
10th Feb 2005, 18:43
I'm sorry, but someone had to get the dig in there!!!
iccarus
10th Feb 2005, 19:10
RAYTOFCLIMB
Would love to know which F3 squadron you work on which gets those many hours per week.
Although, you are about right on the Q hours!!!
ossie
10th Feb 2005, 19:28
Why do you fly so little? The Merlins in Oxfordshire are flying all the time!!!!!
waivar
10th Feb 2005, 19:37
RN,
I thought things had started to look up in the world of the Mk1?
RN Merlin Pilot
10th Feb 2005, 20:12
Ok, I'll take it slowly
I registered today.
I say I am a Merlin Pilot and slag it off.
Which part do you not understand?
Jees, no wonder people like crossbow find it so easy to spout sh1te on here.
BigginAgain
10th Feb 2005, 20:19
RN Merlin Pilot
I thought what you did was very amusing. Nice one!
BA
Time Flies
10th Feb 2005, 21:11
Oliver Fisher
You maybe wont get the most flying hours in the world throughout any of the three services compared to civvie street but I can guarantee you it is the best flying you will ever do!
If you join and don't agree simply leave and go to the airlines...it's as easy as that.
TF
airborne_artist
10th Feb 2005, 21:42
The Merlins in Oxfordshire are flying all the time
Indeed true - they were having a great time today flying under the HV cables between Cholsey and South Moreton. A new batch into OCU, I'm reliably told.
I once did 3 static line jumps from a Chinook before breakfast, does that count?
buoy15
11th Feb 2005, 03:49
I was often asked how many hours I had on Maritime and would casually reply - "15000" to gasps of - "Wow! that's a lot"
"Yes" I would say - "9000 on Nimrod and 6000 waiting for MT"
Personal flying rate is dictated by currency - presently 30 hours per quarter - some weeks nothing - ie. Block leave
Not unusual to pick up 2 x SAR sorties plus a couple of Ops sorties (usually over the weekend) and you've suddenly got 32 hours under your belt.
Loved many, Trusted a few, Always paddled my own canoe!
A10 Thundybox
11th Feb 2005, 04:27
AAC?
Weekly: 5 average, 10 Busy
maybe 15 if on exersice, pretty low really.
Chaps topping out at the end of their Army carrers (22yrs) with 2000/3000 hours- so judge from that.
teeteringhead
11th Feb 2005, 07:49
Oliver Fisher hmmmmm - surname's a bit if a giveaway innit;)
raytofclimb
11th Feb 2005, 18:02
Ok, ok, I miss read the question (third post on thread)
Clearly I meant PER MONTH.
ICCARUS- 'the better one'.
Had any more panic attacks and rtbs from the tanker join recently?
Ray.
JTIDS
11th Feb 2005, 20:38
SAR pilot on seakings, (RAF)
four hours per shift training plus anything you get on a job after that... (When the aircraft is working of course)
Works out about 20 - 40 hours a month.
iccarus
13th Feb 2005, 10:15
Fair one RAYTOFCLIMB, good banter although technically not within the 5sec rule.
Don't worry about not reading the post correctly-- guess you couldn't fully see the computer screen, what past that huge nose!!!!!:O
Pontius Navigator
13th Feb 2005, 12:42
Raw hours aint everything. You don't just jump in the jet or strap a cab on.
What's normal now? Pitch up? Brief, walk, checks, airborne, land, tech debrief, flight debrief, eat and possibly start again?
Work 8 hours fly 2 hours?
F3 Fleet:
5 poor
15-20 Average
25+ V busy
and Ok, ok, I miss read the question (third post on thread)
Clearly I meant PER MONTH. and What's normal now? Pitch up? Brief, walk, checks, airborne, land, tech debrief, flight debrief, eat and possibly start again?
Work 8 hours fly 2 hours?
I would hope that it's a damn sight higher than 8:2 or else an average F3 pilot is getting paid best part of £45Kpa for 80 hrs work per month. ;)
The Rocket
13th Feb 2005, 20:48
opso
Be the player, Don't hate the player:cool: :cool: :cool:
:}
Pontius Navigator
13th Feb 2005, 21:35
OpsO, nah, I got at least twice that per hour and latterly was getting well over £45k per hour.:D
hyd3failure
14th Feb 2005, 15:38
Whilst we seem so be straying onto the "how much do I get paid thread" I find it interesting that most of you are claiming to be in or around the 45k bracket.
In the crewroom last week a young aviator was discussing the "working tax credit" and how he was claiming benefits as he was being paid less than 50k.
Is anyone else claiming benefits like this?
Yes, those of us with a household income of less than 50K can make a claim. As I no longer receive flying pay and my other half is too busy shopping to go out to earn anything, I'm easily in that bracket. :{ To add insult to injury, it appears that I'm working almost as many hrs per week as an F3 pilot does per month! And before you say it - I did work hard at school! To the point that I got flying pay for 10 years.