Originally Posted by
USMCFLYR
Bunk - 50+ hr months
My biggest month EVER was 45 hrs
and I tried, boy did I try
USMCFLYR
Well, strike/figher guy versus prop guy. My best month was during OEF, November 2001 I logged 121 hours in that month. Best FRS month was 70 hours during FCLP/CQ.
At the end of my first sea tour, I just broke 1300 hours total. I logged around 275 hours my first deployment and around 400 on my second. I had about 200 out of flight school. I spent 12 months on two deployments and 3.5 years with VRC-30. So in 2.5 years of non deployment, I logged around 425 hours, about 170 hours a year.
I know while I was at VRC-30 as a DH, we had a few JO's finish their 3 year tour with under 1000 hours total. Just one or two, most had between 1000-1300 hours total. I think part of the reason I had what I had was for my first two years, we flew nights at the boat and thus flew many an hour in the night FCLP pattern. Once we went day only, the FCLP time was cut by at least 3/4.