Question for military pilots
04-13-2007 | 08:26 AM
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Here is an example:
Lets say a P-3 pilot had 100 sorties at 10hrs each for 1000 hrs, and an F-18 pilot had 1000 sorties at 1 hr each for 1000 hrs. Now, apply your math.
04-13-2007 | 08:37 AM
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Everybody knows P-3 guys are worthless, and wouldn't get hired anyway...unless they snuck in the back door by throwing boxes
04-13-2007 | 11:14 AM
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And I wish we did a half hour debrief. Takes that long just to get the tapes cued. If we got credit for brief and debrief you'd have a 1000hours at the end of RTU.
I'm going to guess that for the average F-15/16 guy the average sortie duration is around 1.3-1.5, depending on how much time he's spent deployed. Adding .3 per sortie could add 250 hours (equivalent to an entire good year of flying in the fighter community).
04-13-2007 | 02:44 PM
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More like 2400 sorties...we do a whole lot them without tankers. Which adds another 700+ hours.
And I wish we did a half hour debrief. Takes that long just to get the tapes cued. If we got credit for brief and debrief you'd have a 1000hours at the end of RTU.
I'm going to guess that for the average F-15/16 guy the average sortie duration is around 1.3-1.5, depending on how much time he's spent deployed. Adding .3 per sortie could add 250 hours (equivalent to an entire good year of flying in the fighter community).
And I wish we did a half hour debrief. Takes that long just to get the tapes cued. If we got credit for brief and debrief you'd have a 1000hours at the end of RTU.
I'm going to guess that for the average F-15/16 guy the average sortie duration is around 1.3-1.5, depending on how much time he's spent deployed. Adding .3 per sortie could add 250 hours (equivalent to an entire good year of flying in the fighter community).
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04-13-2007 | 02:50 PM
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04-13-2007 | 04:23 PM
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When I was in the fighter business, we also had long and involved debriefs, sometimes taking upwards of 5 to 10 minutes. After all, we had to figure out who won all the money, and at 25 cents a bomb and 50 cents for strafe, we're talking BIG money.
However, I don't know anyone who added that debrief time to their total time and then added .3 for each sortie. I always thought it was block to block, plus the multiplier, but maybe they do things differently in AMC (Air Mobility Command.)
However, I don't know anyone who added that debrief time to their total time and then added .3 for each sortie. I always thought it was block to block, plus the multiplier, but maybe they do things differently in AMC (Air Mobility Command.)
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