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Kilgore Trout
My AK 135 summer duty day was 14hrs on call, and 8hrs of that was allowed to be actual flying.
Sounds familar
If I ever work a 8 hr/day job I won't know what to do with myself!
When there's bad weather, you do lots of sitting around, checking weather, webcams (google FAA Alaska Webcams- neat), getting reports from outlying stations, explaining what's up to waiting passengers, and talking to other outfits to see what they are up to (or not) that day.
Highlighted parts sound familar too - all done from the ready room phone.
As far as hrs per year- depends on the season, company, aircraft, and your employment status. A good average for a new 207 pilot in Juneau would be around 450-500 hours for a summer flying job.
Summer season would be April - Sep/Oct? 450-500 hrs just in that amount of time is a lot of flying!
Thanks for the info Kilgore.
USMCFLYR