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11-27-2008, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

They do...as dicussed above, and I've even heard that in some jobs you are not really competing against your civilian counterparts but the other military applicants when comparing resumes. I have no idea if this is true or not, but obviously there is something that helops us out because if not then we (military - especially tactical guys) would never be competitive against pure civilian or military heavy pilots

For resume/application review I believe that as well. It's also worth mentioning that MOST airlines like to hire from a variety of backgrounds. Many recruiters/HR types will tell you that if they called you, your flight time no longer matters. It's going to be how well you sell yourself in the interview. Also, you're not really competing against another applicant with a similar background. They want to hire everybody they call. A lot of good/well qualified guys apply to the coveted jobs, in fact too many. If a guy doesn't make the cut, often not a matter of them not liking him. They just liked somebody else more.

11-28-2008, 03:40 AM

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For the sake of full disclosure, USMC is a flight *****, so the actual averages community wide are a bit less!

Well, except that I am also a flight ***** and we tended to have similar numbers.

11-28-2008, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by milky

For the sake of full disclosure, USMC is a flight *****, so the actual averages community wide are a bit less! Well, except that I am also a flight ***** and we tended to have similar numbers.

I believe that I have already disclosed that fact in other posts Milky

You might think that you hang with me, but how many -3 of the night formation flights did you ever jump on?

Hurry back. Lemoore awaits your return!

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11-28-2008, 10:08 AM

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"Whether taxing and aircraft out to the end of the runway and then taxiing back was legal to log."

It's legal to log. See 61.51. You can log the time from when you move for the purpose of flight to when you park.

11-28-2008, 10:20 AM

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Well....you know that I would never count myself as one of the smartest people on the FARs; but that other thread was quite informative about what you could and could not log - and it convinced me that you really shouldn't be logging that time. You are much better than I at the search function so I'm sure you could find it quicker than I

So...to keep the thread on track DE - how many hours do you fly a month?

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11-28-2008, 10:28 AM

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I normally do about 800 per year as a line holder. I was on reserve this year, so I only did 400. My record is 1200 (actual flight hours- non airline).

11-28-2008, 10:45 AM

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I normally do about 800 per year as a line holder. I was on reserve this year, so I only did 400. My record is 1200 (actual flight hours- non airline).

And reserve is when you are basically sitting on-call right? I see that you are on the 777. How long are most of your flights then? You say that your record was 1200 - non airline. When did you get those kind of times?

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11-28-2008, 10:59 AM

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I just looked at 61.51 and couldn't find the reference I was looking for. I'll look some more, later, or maybe someone else has it.

I'm a reserve, so I don't fly as much. But I'll say I average between 10 and 15 hours a month while being on call 14 days a months.

11-29-2008, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR

Yes, I sat at home on call. Less days "off", but at least I was home more. From the call to fly, I have 3 hours to get the plane off the gate. I live 1:20 from the airport. I only got one "short" call all year. I normally get notice the day before.

I am in training for the 777 now, but was on the 737 on reserve. I plan on bidding reserve on the 777 too. The 777 legs vary from 7+ to 16+ hours long.

I flew 1200 hours back in the '80's flying various general aviation jobs. Instructing, traffic watch, etc. Mostly in a Cessna 172. It was a great time builder, but it was quantity, not quality. You need both, so I quit and got a multiengine corporate job.

12-01-2008, 05:34 AM

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The most I've flown in a month as a paid pilot was 160, the average I had my first year as a 135 guy was 115-ish/month, which comes out to 1300/yr. After my first year, I tapered off and I averaged 100hrs/mo. My current job I flew 600hrs last year, looks to be about the same so far this year.

While I was flight instructing, I think I did 750-800, but 1000 was my total in 1.5 yrs, all my students had transitioned from dual-given lessons, to a bunch of solo that last 6 months.