How many hours do you really do???
 

There is a great deal of hoohah about flying millions of hours each month and we all seem to be flying more that each other :confused: so I thought I would do a quick test to see.

If you can be bothered please state:
Company
Rank
Rolling or annual total.

For me its:
Easyjet
SFO
About 800

Just interested really.

about 25 hrs a month as average - freight operator out of east mids with brightly painted machines

easyJet SFO
750 hours rolling
London based

LOT Polish airlines
FO
600-650 annually :E

FR
F/O Past 1500Hours (Higher Rate)
75Per Month last few months
Expect 700-800 for the year depending on lots of factors I guess
Not based in UK or Italy or Ireland

350 block hours last year.. on saab 340 freighter.

BMR f/o
830 hrs

jenson

A very average line Captain, Wizzair.

900 Hours. Not joking.

SFO TP - last year 650
- this year approx 500

FO
Lufttransport (in Norway, not the German outfit)
Just under 300 hours pr yer

Lufthansa Regional (IQ)
Dash 8 Capt
450 - 550 flt hrs pa. 140 duty hrs pm. 10 days off avg per month.

Loco capt 802 hours in the last rolling year. 1506h of duty. 343h since Jan 1st.

737 Capt. Europe: flew just over 600 hours last year. It has varied between 6 and 7 hundred hours with some time out for other stuff over the last few years. Managed 25 days skiing with my kids last winter and did a bit of training.

T3
820 rolling
Scotland

EZY Capt LGW

365 day rolling 880-920 Duty Hours 1500

12 month usually 890-895

Euro freight dog/pax ops

Captain on Saab 340

Circa 350 hours last year

EK 330/340 Capt

850 - 900 12 months

352 since Jan 1st.

604/605 Captain, 150-180 duty days a year, 300-400 hours. 90 since January

EZY capt and LGW based.

Last 365 days I have flown 765 hrs and have just over 1400 hrs duty time.

Would say 400 block time pa when there is no volcano :ugh:

Biz jet operator in France

F/O

Garba

FR Captain - 850 plus minimum in 12 months. A rough guess is about 350 to 400 since january 1st.

Cathay Pacific 747-400 F/O

650 - 700 hours per year.

Freight dog ATR F/O. 400 flt hrs/year on average, 85% at night.

Cheers :cool:

Company: Corporate/Private Citation 550 Bravo.
Rank: Captain
Average per year: 240 hours
12 Duty days per month.

Can't really complain.

...or name your employer lest its office gets inundated with applications.

Me: SE Europe DHC-8 Q400 capt.

First year: 480 block hours. Avg 9 days/mo off, 9 nights in downroute hotels.

Used to fly 750 hrs/year as an A320 FO, with a bit more off days.

Ryr Spanish base

FO last 3 years

800
700
730

LBA based regional jet....

Approx 600hrs a year. (1hr sectors) and 150 duty hours a month. 7-9 days off a month. 0-13 nightstops per month.

Snapshot of May....

55 block hrs, 155 duty hours, 11 nightstops, 8 days off.

SSS

EZY European base

760 hours, 1,650 duty hours and 498 sectors.

Since Jan 1st:

325 hours, 680 duty and 212 sectors.

klm cityhopper
E190 Captain
57 hours last month 137 duty hours
365 flighthours rolling year... but with about 8 weeks of simulator not included in that total (lots of training happening)
At least 11 days off a month

A310 Captain, Europe based
Last year 450 hours crossing the Atlantic

CJ2 Captain; European Biz Jet Operation.

603 hrs rolling total.

(Duty Hours Off the Clock!)

BA CityFlyer, EDI Based
F/O Embraer E170/E190
2010 from 1st jan -> +/- 150 hr :( (only 7 sectors in April)
2009 -> 450 hr
2008 -> 650 hr

TCX A320/321/330
SFO
550-650h p.a.
1,400h duty p.a.

Typically:
May-Oct 60-70h per month
Nov-Apr 30-40h per month

Quietest ever month: 7h
Busiest ever month: 81h

EZY Capt based LGW
Rolling 880-920.
They just manage to keep me down to 900 in 12 rolling months

Hi All!

Italian Low Cost F/O
Airbus A319/320

2009 Records...
Flight Time: 829h
Duty Time: 1445:40h

Highest Hours in a month: 88h
Lowest Hours in a month: 58h

40h of sim, between Sandbags and normal LPCs/OPCs...

Now I changed airline, but it is quite similar... :-)

BA 747-400 Captain (now rtd)

last 12 months in BA = 855hrs over 94 sectors but did at one point get up to 893:10 on a rolling year basis
last 6 months in BA = 98:59hrs highest month, 46:40hrs lowest month with leave and 470hrs total.
highest ever month = 113:56 in 1999:ouch:

800 last year but 3 months off.
normally last 2 years before that 940 and 980 scheduled hrs giving close to 880 actual block hrs...
the joy of being a short haul cpt...

Portuguese company flying regional routes for a portuguese airline
B1900 copilot

About 700 hrs per year

Highest month: 86 hrs
Lowest month: 23 hrs (2 weeks on vacation + 1 week on leave :})

UK charter 75/767
SFO 500-650 per year over last 9 years.

701Hours: 2009/10

SFO

FR

UK base