Originally Posted by John Carr

What's the average sortie time?

I venture to guess the .3 conversion is more than 5 minutes for tactical jet.

It's not like it matters anyway. As long as mil pilot meets the mins, the totals aren't really that important anymore. It's adding things to the qualifications like IP, standeval, etc that make them stand out withing the peer group.



Not sure if it's that cut and dry. There was a time that regional pilot training was VERY fire hose style training. At a previous company, there was a time on both the way up pre 9/11 that guys went through training on 2-3 types of planes in a year with all the movement. Then post 9/11 when things went the other way, downward.

legacy training programs aren't anything near like circa 1980's before the onset of AQP style training was adapted. Many regionals are finally coming around to the concept now, although some had it in the late 90's. Point being, it's not a "fire hose" or intensive as it was at one time.