Training time to fly a transport plane
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Training time to fly a transport plane
Quick question, on average, how many flight hours does it take for a new Airforce recruit to be able to fly right seat on military transport aircraft, like a Hercules or C17 Globemaster? I’m just trying to compare it to civilian flying requirements.
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If he went direct to multi engine training from EFT he'd arrive on the OCU with about 150 hours.
C130J course is 33 sims (approx 90 hours) & 4 flights (about 8 hours in the seat) followed by 12 sectors of line training in the aircraft (difficult to put a number on that but say 40 hours).
Grand total of about 200 hours in the aircraft.
C130J course is 33 sims (approx 90 hours) & 4 flights (about 8 hours in the seat) followed by 12 sectors of line training in the aircraft (difficult to put a number on that but say 40 hours).
Grand total of about 200 hours in the aircraft.
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Good answer there for the hours. With reference to months and years, I have a rough estimate but I could well be outdated in my knowledge of the training pipeline... To get qualified on a Herc or C-17, for example...
IOT - 8 months
EFT - 8 months
45 Sqn - 8 months
OCU - 2 months (???)
Now factor in the hold times, which nowadays are very long... it could be anywhere up to 3 years...
IOT - 8 months
EFT - 8 months
45 Sqn - 8 months
OCU - 2 months (???)
Now factor in the hold times, which nowadays are very long... it could be anywhere up to 3 years...
