Too much flying?
04-02-2012, 08:07 PM
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Forty years ago, when I was 18-19 years old, I regularly flew 120+ hours/month.... all while going to college full time. I arranged my classes for about 9 AM - 1 PM-ish, instructed till about 7 PM, then climbed into an Aztec, Chieftain or Beech 18 and flew night freight/mail runs till about 2 AM. Got by on about 4-5 hrs sleep a night...... and never felt tired! Ah, to be young again. (And, to the best of my recollection, no one even discussed fatigue issues back then.)
04-03-2012, 08:25 PM
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Forty years ago, when I was 18-19 years old, I regularly flew 120+ hours/month.... all while going to college full time. I arranged my classes for about 9 AM - 1 PM-ish, instructed till about 7 PM, then climbed into an Aztec, Chieftain or Beech 18 and flew night freight/mail runs till about 2 AM. Got by on about 4-5 hrs sleep a night...... and never felt tired! Ah, to be young again. (And, to the best of my recollection, no one even discussed fatigue issues back then.)
Gaining 120 hours a month would be more than awesome seeing how I don't have any other responsibilities other than instructing all summer long. But flying 6 hours a day everyday of the week (excluding weekends) seems tough. Maybe for the first 2 weeks or so it would feel great but in order to keep up the good work I'd probably have to go straight to sleep after getting home from instructing to make sure I'm completely refreshed and ready to go the next day.
04-04-2012, 06:29 AM
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Hey Everyone,
I wanted to get some opinions on those certain types of flight schools that have contracted international student pilots. The flight instructors I hear make there own schedules at some of them and end up flying 120+ hour months possibly even 150 hours (t&g flying club). I've instructed 30 hours in a week before but not consecutively for a month. Any thoughts on dangers of fatigue flying or has anyone actually done this much time instructing in a one month time period. Trying to get a clue as to how reasonable this sounds. Thanks,
Brandon
I wanted to get some opinions on those certain types of flight schools that have contracted international student pilots. The flight instructors I hear make there own schedules at some of them and end up flying 120+ hour months possibly even 150 hours (t&g flying club). I've instructed 30 hours in a week before but not consecutively for a month. Any thoughts on dangers of fatigue flying or has anyone actually done this much time instructing in a one month time period. Trying to get a clue as to how reasonable this sounds. Thanks,
Brandon
I flew as a traffic reporter and flew five days a week, and seven days a week in summer (May-Aug). An average day was 8-9 hours of flying (3 hours, 1 hour break, 2 hours, 4 hour break, 3 hours). It was ok, because the breaks gave you down time. Average was 150-170 a month during most of the year, and over 200 some months of summer. It all depended on weather. I had one guy that worked for me fly 1400 hours in 11 months. When we went on to airlines, we had well over the minimums to get hired (at that time it was 1500TT and 200ME). We got the multi by flying night cargo in Aztecs and Senecas.
Just pointing out, what you probably already know. There are many ways to get time. Pipeline, Traffic, Banner, Aerial Survey.....
Good luck!
04-04-2012, 02:24 PM
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You are using the instructor flying as your example. Remember, there are many other types of flying you can do. Every instructing flight includes time to brief and debrief the student. It all adds up to a really long day.
I flew as a traffic reporter and flew five days a week, and seven days a week in summer (May-Aug). An average day was 8-9 hours of flying (3 hours, 1 hour break, 2 hours, 4 hour break, 3 hours). It was ok, because the breaks gave you down time. Average was 150-170 a month during most of the year, and over 200 some months of summer. It all depended on weather. I had one guy that worked for me fly 1400 hours in 11 months. When we went on to airlines, we had well over the minimums to get hired (at that time it was 1500TT and 200ME). We got the multi by flying night cargo in Aztecs and Senecas.
Just pointing out, what you probably already know. There are many ways to get time. Pipeline, Traffic, Banner, Aerial Survey.....
Good luck!
I flew as a traffic reporter and flew five days a week, and seven days a week in summer (May-Aug). An average day was 8-9 hours of flying (3 hours, 1 hour break, 2 hours, 4 hour break, 3 hours). It was ok, because the breaks gave you down time. Average was 150-170 a month during most of the year, and over 200 some months of summer. It all depended on weather. I had one guy that worked for me fly 1400 hours in 11 months. When we went on to airlines, we had well over the minimums to get hired (at that time it was 1500TT and 200ME). We got the multi by flying night cargo in Aztecs and Senecas.
Just pointing out, what you probably already know. There are many ways to get time. Pipeline, Traffic, Banner, Aerial Survey.....
Good luck!
Yeah I would love to do those kinds of jobs but where do I find them ???????
04-04-2012, 07:43 PM
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that's plenty for aerial mapping
resumes (at) apertureaviation (dot) com
They were hiring as of yesterday, with your hours you have no problem getting hired
email your resume there NOW! Also they answer emails pretty fast, expect a response in less than 24h
resumes (at) apertureaviation (dot) com
They were hiring as of yesterday, with your hours you have no problem getting hired
email your resume there NOW! Also they answer emails pretty fast, expect a response in less than 24h
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