Originally Posted by TipTip35
Yet another questions for the FDX experts.
I was looking on the FedEx website and noticed that military pilots can add.2 hours for each sortie they have. I was quite elated b/c when I added up all my sorties as PIC b/c it gave me an extra 94 hours of PIC time. My question to you guys is...is that the way its intended to work. I was going to add that time to my online profile but I wanted to make sure I was doing it properly. (Dont want to appear to be dishonest with the flight time)
My 2nd question is how do they verify our PIC time. I have my Air Force printouts to verify my total time but the only thing I have for PIC are my own records. Do they just take my word for it?
Thanks
The 0.2 addition to every sortie was meant to account for "block" time as opposed to "flight" time.
If I remember right, the military calculates their total times based only on take off (actual "wheels up" or power up) to landing (actual "touchdown" on the runway). "Flight" time.
On the other hand, civilian time is calculated from the time the tug pushes you back from the gate (or engine start in the gate) to the time you actually shut down the engines after your flight at the gate, or the reading from a Hobbs-type meter in smaller airplanes (engine on time). "Block-to-block" time. So civilian "block" time includes all taxi time.
So the 0.2 per sortie addition is to give the military guys an artificial taxi time to add to their "flight" time, to equal a civilian "block" time.
Hope this helps...and Good Luck!