I was having a discussion with another pilot about flight time, and thought I'd start a new thread about how many hours you've flown in the last 12 months. Personally, I've logged 1600 hours in the last 12 months, I average anywhere from 30-35 hours a week, 52 weeks in a year. I know one guy who's logged almost 2000 in the last 12 months. But we're flying Part 91 though so we don't have any duty limitations, and we fly our butts off. What about the rest of you, does anyone else out there fly these kind of times? I know it's not common, but it's not unheard of either, right?
Most Flight Hours In The Last 12 Months
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CFIT99
because of the implication...
I'm not doubting it...but seriously..what kind of flying...???
I can think of three types right off the top of my head.
#1, CFI at a VERY busy school.
#2, Traffic watch
#3, Flying jumpers at a BUSY drop zone.
But I'd like to know where it's being done as well.
MFT1Air
Mfalme Soleimani
LoadMasterC141
Well-Known Member
I worked my tail off my first CFI year and managed to break a little over a 1000. I was living eating and breathing the instructor life with time enough to sleep, barely. 2000 seems unbelievable. Not saying you are doing this, at all, but I know a person who logged 1800 hours of dual in a year and the airline he interviewed with caught some serious doctoring. If you walk into an interview with that much in a year, expect heavy scrutiny and research.
Pilotforhire587
Lycra Man
Even in my busiest year as a flight instructor I topped at 800 hours, and that inluded some outside flying in the MU2 as well.
CFIT99
because of the implication...
I've done all of those....BUT I want to hear him say what he actually does...I do understand that is extremely possible, but very difficult to sustain ( I flew 527 hours in a 4.5 month period and was reaching my breaking point)
TFaudree_ERAU
Mashin' dem buttons
Am I the only one that has a goal of retiring with less than 10,000 hours?
That's about 220 hours a year for the next 35 years for me. I think I can do it.
That's about 220 hours a year for the next 35 years for me. I think I can do it.
Italianaviator
Well-Known Member
221 in the last 12 months
BajtheJino
I'm looking at you.
HaHA! I want to retire with 30,000! HaHA That will make me the winner of the....Being...I, mean the most....gone....from.....friends and, and....Family....and..........
Oh yes, HaHA, I will be the winner of Being gone from home so much that I never had an opportunity to start a family, retire and live alone, the nieces and nephews think you are weird, found dead in a cheap hotel from liver failure do to cirrhosis from the drinking you started doing after retirement and your 401(k) had tanked Award. HaHA!
CHEER!
Part 91 VFR Pipeline Patrol. My routes are the same every week. Sunday I log 5 hours, Monday 7, Tuesday 6, Wednesday 8, Thursday 5, and then I fly skydivers on Saturday and get anywhere from 3-6 hours on Saturday. So I fly 31 hours a week minimum, and that number never changes. Then I log whatever on Saturdays when I fly skydivers, so usually anywhere from 30-35 hours a week.
A guy I work with flies his route on Sunday 6hrs, Monday 9hrs, Tuesday 6hrs, Wednesday 7hrs, Thursday 10hrs, Friday 8hrs, and only has one day off a week. So he logs minimum 46 hours a week. Plus he does cloud seeding on the side, and does safety piloting for some of the old guys around here, and picks up extra stuff from other routes when people call in sick so he logs a ton of time. I've filled in for him when he's gone on vacation before, and his routes are brutal.
Yeah, that's no joke. I learned while flying 135 cargo to keep a copy of all my flight sheets, and I've brought that along with me. Even though we're not required to in the 91 world, I keep a copy of each and every flight sheet. That way anyone can pick a day out of my log book, go into my filing cabinet and find the flight sheet for that day, and the numbers will always match up exactly. I'm a very meticulous record keeper.