No. of hours flown per year...?

[Nomads]

Hi,

I am curious to find what the total of hours flown per year are? Whether that be in GA, offshore or EMS.
Please state with the hours flown in what type of work you're employed.
Ta.

[Rotorbike]

500 hours in the last year.

90% offshore with a few jollies and photo flights thrown in for variation.

[elpirata]

500 in last year, flight instruction, some public transport and aerial photograhy, more pipeline patrol. R22,R44,B206

[HOGE]

500 hours (which seems to be the popular answer). Offshore/Onshore/Unsure.

[chopperman]

Rolling 365 day total as of today 790, all offshore North Sea. A high percentage of pilots here are above 700hrs.

[Thomas coupling]

300 - 325 / year. Police / HEMS

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Thermal runaway.

[Fortyodd]

396 Last year but I didn't start until March. Majority of it Police Work

[MIKIM]

1015 hrs LOGGING AND SOME FIRE FIGHTING. 2 WEEKS ON 2 WEEKS OFF..GOT TO LOVE IT..

[MightyGem]

200ish. Not a great deal but totally stress free and with my shifts, I only work for 6 months of the year.

[Out of Balance]

300 hours. SAR/EMS. Working 2 days, 2 nights, 4 off.

[Nomads]

Thanks for the response so far keep them coming in, I think it gives a fair profile of what everyone does.
Could you also include the type of helicopter your flying.
I fly a EC 120 and did 250 hrs last year in a corporate role.

[psyclic]

Mighty Gem: you might feel even better if you divide salary by flying hours. £150 to £160 an hour? Can't be bad! That's a better rate than any FW pilot makes! (Just count all the waiting and TV watching time as mandatory unpaid relaxation!)

[Random Background Noise]

350 to 400 per year on mainly Marine Pilot Transfer with a bit of general charter and offshore work as well. B206 and AS350.

[Nomads]

Come on Folks,
I have counted 11 replies to this posting sofar, there surely are more pilots on this forum than that!!!
Thanks.

[Special 25]

North Sea - I'm just over 700 as are many of my collegues and that is following the quietest part of the year. Guessing I may be pushing closer to 760ish by the end of summer

[Vfrpilotpb]

Even though I am only a humble GA pilot last year I flew 145 hours R22.R44 B206 loved every minute of it and unlike the maj of you chaps paid for all of it, I feel quite elated to see that with a bit more effort I could be flying as many hours as you Pro's,the only problem is wallet does have a depth that is sometimes reached, Know what I mean!!

[fishboy]

About 600 hours, split between Instruction, photograpy, personal training and Tuna spotting. Hughes 500, Schweizer 300, Bell 206

[The Governor]

Around 450 though some quiet patches (moving and retraining) Should be closer to 800 this year. Split between charter, sightseeing, some instruction and now offshore. Flown mostly in B212, B412, B206, H500 and H300.

Gov

[Semi Rigid]

Wkd 9 mth contract last yr for 400. This yr averaging 30-40pm. Longrangers in PNG. Would hate to become overworked!

[CTD]

Semi-retirement, which is just fine by me!! 290 in 2000, average 300/yr these days, with another couple thousand at the desk. B206, 407, 412, 427, 430.