Originally Posted by
Tenacvols
Damn....read this entire thread over three days only to find out that I'm short of the required time.... 4 months until I can retire and I'm flying a desk.... 1776 total time, ATP, all military. 1944 with .3 conversion factor. Is the 2000 hours an insurance thing? 17 days on, 2 weeks off, no ground job, fly around the world, sign me up!!!!!
A straight 2 weeks off? not so easy to get anymore with the horrendous "line bidding" contract scheme, and vitually no way to get the DESIRED days off anymore.
Get a glider rating, all time counts toward Total Time....
Soaring Society of America, the source for Gliding in the USA