Originally Posted by
FlyerJosh
Yup.
I've logged 6.7 hours of total time for a flight that lasted .7 once flying into LaGuardia back when the slot restrictions were lifted. We taxiied around the airport for 5.5 hours until we finally got a gate.
Originally Posted by
JohnBurke
I've had a number of reposition flights between JFK and EWR that were 4 hours. The airports are about 15 miles apart.
I've also had to fall out of line at EWR and go back for fuel, before.
Originally Posted by
usmc-sgt
As others have said...wait till you get to the airlines (if thats where you are headed). Id say in excess of 10% of my time* is sitting in line waiting to depart.
*likely much more. It is not uncommon from pushback to takeoff for 30-40 minutes to pass. Figure its a two hour flight and you spent 25% of your logged time taxiing. What brings the average down a little is when you push out of say Syracuse and it only takes 7 minutes from push to takeoff roll.
And people wonder why the military allows for a conversion
I would have made my personal flight hour goal MUCH easier if I had been able to log all the time I spent in marshal!
(To the OP - flight time in the military is takeoff to landing)