View Single Post
Old 01-29-2016 | 05:20 AM
  #13  
PRS Guitars's Avatar
PRS Guitars
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 2,329
Likes: 4
From: A320 CA
Default

Originally Posted by TKOwnedU5

[U]Active Duty[/U
- As an active duty guy, most new LTs get their first 1,000 hours within about 1.5 years or so, then as you start gaining rank you generally fly less
This is inaccurate. You'll be in pilot training and other training your first 1.5 years. That will be about 220ish hours. Then if you fly fighters figure 150-200 a year after that. Trainers 250 to 500 a year, heavy's...more. If you go AD it won't really matter because you'll likely have the hours after your commitment is up.

I went 12 AD then switched to reserves. I wanted to be a reservist (and airline pilot) but after 911 decided that AD was a better choice than languishing in the RJ world for a decade, so my situation is different that yours.

I'm a UPT instructor, feel free to PM me, this would be a better conversation over the phone.
Reply