Timeline for What is common number of flight hours a year for an airline pilot?
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| Oct 6, 2019 at 2:24 | comment | added | casey | @Christian ah, the paperwork isn't generated that far ahead of time. Dispatch is strongly dependent on current and forecast weather and the specific airplane you are going to fly. As such the paperwork is generated by your dispatcher just an hour or two ahead of time. | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 19:33 | comment | added | Christian | @casey I'm talking about tomorrows paperwork | |
| Oct 5, 2019 at 18:34 | comment | added | casey | @Christian No, as you have to sign the paperwork before you can depart (dispatch release, fuel order, weather, maintenance sign-offs, logbooks, etc). | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 12:47 | comment | added | Christian | Is it possible to do paperwork while the autopilot is flying on FL400? | |
| Feb 17, 2018 at 4:47 | comment | added | Pete855217 | In my experience - very roughly - around 900 hrs per year. That's on domestic short-haul, which for most network schedules is fairly intense. It really is network dependent though. | |
| S Jul 29, 2017 at 11:28 | history | suggested | Glorfindel | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 13, 2016 at 22:18 | comment | added | PJNoes | Ah yes, brings back lots of memories. | |
| Jan 29, 2016 at 20:37 | comment | added | casey | @JonathanWalters as does pretty much all of the general public, reminds me of the "you're a commercial pilot? what airline do you fly for?" I'd get when I was instructing. I edited the Q title s/commercial/airline/ to match the question content. | |
| Jan 29, 2016 at 18:59 | comment | added | J W | True. Question title put the question into that context when I read it. Maybe it should be edited. A lot of users seem to equate commercial with airline. | |
| Jan 29, 2016 at 18:06 | comment | added | casey | @JonathanWalters that is true, though the question is tagged airline-pilot and airline-operations (and the question body mentioned airline pilots specifically "So how many flight hours is usual for full-time airline pilot to log in a year?") so part 121 regulations are what is being asked about. If anything, the question title could be edited to "airline" instead of "commercial". | |
| Jan 29, 2016 at 16:52 | comment | added | J W | This answer is not applicable to Part 91 commercial pilots. Apart from instructors, flight and duty times are not restricted. I have flown 14.3 hours in a consecutive 16 hour period. | |
| Mar 24, 2015 at 18:28 | comment | added | Shawn | @casey That's a pretty good breakdown. I've never kept accurate track (because I didn't want to make myself cry), but I've always estimated that for every hour I've had in the airplane I did at least 2-3 hours on the ground. That lines up pretty well with your numbers. :-/ | |
| Feb 23, 2015 at 14:02 | comment | added | casey | @JanHudec total hours isn't hard because that is already tracked for per-diem and duty times. Time from duty in to duty out must be tracked for legality (max times per day, per duty, per rolling 7 days, per month, etc) and total time from duty in on day 1 to duty out on the last day is needed for per-diem calculation. | |
| Feb 23, 2015 at 13:32 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | @raptortech97: You are paid for job. What the rate is based on is up to agreement and the usual metrics in aviation is flight hours, probably because they are easier to keep track of than total hours. | |
| Jan 24, 2015 at 16:37 | comment | added | RoboKaren | @raptortech97 - it's the same for the flight attendants (they aren't paid on the ground), which is why I go out of my way to be helpful to them during boarding/disembarkation. Sucks, but those are the payment rules that the airline/union signed. | |
| Oct 9, 2014 at 23:47 | comment | added | raptortech97 | Hold on, how is if legal to not pay you for operations that the airline (and sometimes FAA) are requiring you to do? The airline only pays you for some portion of your job? | |
| Oct 9, 2014 at 0:08 | comment | added | Canuk | ...and for some perspective, starting wage for a first officer at American Eagle is $25.46/(flight) hour. (at least it was in 2014) | |
| Jul 22, 2014 at 10:28 | vote | accept | Jan Hudec | ||
| Feb 19, 2014 at 20:20 | history | answered | casey | CC BY-SA 3.0 |