How hard do you work?
 

A mate of mine flies for Jet2 at Manchester. In the last year he claims he has flown:

On 140 days
About 550 hours, of which 70 at night
10 4-sector days, the other 130 days being 2-sector

So on average he flies 2-3 days a week, just 2 daylight sectors of about 2 hours each. Can this really be true?

Sure enough... as long as you know how to work the system.

Why don't you do search to see how the LCC really operate. I think the pilots flying for Easy and Ryanair work a bit harder than a couple of times a week. If that's all Jet2 (a LCC) pilots really work then how can the company compete?

That's the secret of Bournemouth ;)

I would interpret the statistics slightly differently.

2-3 days becomes an annual average 3 days per week if you allow for training and leave, and 4 to 5 days in summer if you take into account a quiet winter.

Then allow for quite a few early out-and-back Edinburghs and Amsterdams which bring down the average sector length. This means that the other flights average 2.5 to 3 hours, say mostly Malagas, Murcias, Alicantes and Faros.

And the little bit of night is mainly these longer flights returning after dark.

Happily 4 sector days out of Manchester are rare (so far) because of the 1.5 hour report (essential due remote stands) and the general scheduling of the aircraft.

It all makes for some very pleasant flying and long may it continue, but nothing in aviation ever does.........