Year one flying 750hrs, mix of being on a Ryanair contract for Line training and then BRK.

Year two about to end for me in Feb (march off) will be looking at 650hrs.

Flying only recently slowed down over December and January, no major complaints always enough to pay the bank and live half descent!

Average hours lately have been down to 41-43 for the last 2 months, before that I was low 60's to anywhere up to 100, If you budget its no big deal.


Fly safe!

But, if you have kids, a mortgage, and bills you have to pay then income that goes up and down like a yo yo does not help. Why are flying hours so different from one pilot to the next? Surely if they hired just the right amount of pilots, then all would be flying 900 hours and getting paid what they deserve. I know what my view is, what's yours?

Well, when you have an MD who doesn't give a tupance about 'what pilots believe they deserve' then thats what happens.

We all joined FR knowing the stories. Nothing is beyond the realms of possibility. I tell new joiners to approach it with an open mind.

The cadet is a revenue generator, first and foremost. You are right, if we had the correct amount of FOs then we would all be doing 900hrs per year. However they would be restricting the amount of pure profit that they make from the ratings. That's the way it has become unfortunately and any new joiner who thinks they will be fliying 850-900hrs a year and sail into a command course in their fourth year needs a smack round the luggs!

It still works for me and for many others. Yet I'm realistic about it. By the way, do you remember 3 or 4 years ago FOs being maxed out at 900hrs, often a month or two before the year was to end?

Are you drunk? Ryr pilots are the perfect employees. They are used to bend over and take all the http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...921/poopin.gifbeing thrown at them.