Originally Posted by
Jetjok
Interesting thing to note is that could have represented 1300 hours of fighter time, which could equate to 7 years of flying, prior to getting hired into the right seat of the Mad Dog. Not saying that's the way it is, just that although 2300 hours does sound like low time, it could easily be real quality time over a good number of years.
JJ
Or said pilot was single seat tactical jet, and was hired as an engineer where no flight time was logged, then transitioned later to the right seat of said airframe. Or possibly said pilot is heavy/tanker/transport guard/reserve, got hired at FedEx, but maybe went on AD and didn't fly much, if at all, then went back to their civilian job.
But yeah, agreeing with you, I wouldn't rate the flight time as "low" if those scenarios were indeed said pilots background.