Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
I figured that insurance requirements played into the 1000 hr mark in some important matters. In the military the magic numbers are 500 and 1500 hrs TT for the most accident prone pilots. The numbers you mentioned seem to cover only a small part of flight experience. Do they not mention mishap rates of pilots above 1000TT?
USMCFLYR
Military flying is a whole different animal, with it's own, seperate set of statistics.
Here are the civilian stats:
http://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/06nall.pdf