Originally Posted by
FlyGirl727
How many hours do MIL pilots fly per month. If the pilot was in the service for 10 years and has 1,700 hours that works out to 170 hours per year or 14 hours a month. That's probably less than a Doctor flying his Bonanza and we all know how that ends. The MIL guys are great at PAR approaches but how about an ADF, or holding?
I promise you, we Mil Pilots are proficient at ADFs, Holding, raw data approaches, hand flying, raw data point to points, LOC approaches, VOR (non DME) LOC BC, etc. The philosophy is “something might fail some day, so let’s always fly as if it has failed.” I’m not bragging, it’s actually quite absurd the way we operate.