21,000 Hrs!
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the way things are looking for the future, it might be hard for the younger pilots to get up to those numbers in a career. Its not going to be a rare sight to see heli pilots retiring with between 15,000 and 25,000 hrs these days but with the industry where it is now and even if things starts picking up and I think they will, they will never fly the amount of hours we used to fly and if they do it will be a rare sight.
JD
Forgot, congratulation to the Canadian pilot and all the others that made it that far.
JD
Forgot, congratulation to the Canadian pilot and all the others that made it that far.
My first Year out of Army Flight School saw me with slightly more 1,200 hours Total Time, a 1,000 of it in a Large Multi-Engine Helicopter. That about a Tenth of the Time I accumulated in the rest of my career that spanned 38 Years.
EMS, Oil Tanker Crew Changes, baby sitting Core Drills, Corporate Flying, and guarding Buckets of Instant Sunshine made for work loads similar to that of a Maytag Man.
EMS, Oil Tanker Crew Changes, baby sitting Core Drills, Corporate Flying, and guarding Buckets of Instant Sunshine made for work loads similar to that of a Maytag Man.
Congratulations, 21,000-hrs and I bet bu55er all radial flying ;-)
Incident-free - huge respect.
Managed 2000-hrs on first 2-year tour (mostly at 100'
) but tailed off severely once out of the playground.
Whilst the old adage of 'Quality not Quantity' might be repeated by those less fortunate - the crucial thing is that it is time out of the office and away from the 'phone!!
Incident-free - huge respect.
Managed 2000-hrs on first 2-year tour (mostly at 100'
) but tailed off severely once out of the playground.Whilst the old adage of 'Quality not Quantity' might be repeated by those less fortunate - the crucial thing is that it is time out of the office and away from the 'phone!!
Don't think I'll crack 20,000 with 15 years to go, but I'll sure be trying. Cracked 1000 before I was 20 but it's slowed somewhat the past decade with the offshore drudge. I've got a good friend that's very close, I think he'll make it.
Very respectable hours Sir....
Very respectable hours Sir....
I'm just 10,000hrs so just a 'youngin' still learning, still growing!
Ah, but there's hours and then there's HOURS
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I was forced onto retirement at 60 last week due to the 225 grounding and I have 21,400 hrs. Nothing to shout about because the majority is in offshore work though I have military and bush time. What high time pilots have are experience either from their own flying or from the bar! I thought I should be able to reach 25000 hrs but it looks like it may be difficult. I do admire our friend here still doing "part time" flying at 72!!
Aaaargh yes Megan & Kyrpton J there are even Pilots who claim to be Mountian flying Guru's having only just started in the Mountains employed as a Mountain expert......thier ego is an accidents just waiting to happen 
'Some Pilots are always learning & some Pilots stop learning due ego'
One must approach Mountain flying with a humbleness & awareness, without ego......anything less will equal Death.......eventually
'Some Pilots are always learning & some Pilots stop learning due ego'
One must approach Mountain flying with a humbleness & awareness, without ego......anything less will equal Death.......eventually
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When you stop learning....time to hang up your spurs.
Also....even the oldest Pelican can learn something from a Fledgling.
Also....even the oldest Pelican can learn something from a Fledgling.
Taking into account all chopper time:
It's not the length that matters its what you do with it that counts.
I tip my hat to this gentleman, a great career and alive to tell the tale too - bonus!
It's not the length that matters its what you do with it that counts.
I tip my hat to this gentleman, a great career and alive to tell the tale too - bonus!
