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Old 10-16-2006 | 03:50 PM
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Don't be shy or scared to add each company's military conversion. The reason it looks like they are cutting us a good deal adding 0.2 or 0.3 per sortie or a simple 1.3 multiplier to total time, is because civilian flying time includes ground time (taxi). Sure we get the 5 minutes axtra after the full stop, but that's not even close to what we really do.
If you remember in any GA aircraft, there is a HOBBS meter that is running anytime power is applied to the aircraft. The FAA considers this time as being in control of the aircraft, so it is logged. If you think about it, we are actually not getting enough credit for all the time we spend on the ground taxiing, or sitting ground spare, or holding on the ground for reciever/tanker slips. Don't get me wrong, I'll take the conversion, but just remember how those numbers are not exactly generous.
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