Dave2 Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Just curious b/c I found this safety video that spoke about "mast bumping" and that it happened to low-time pilots. So that got me wondering how often you all fly. I'm working on my Army helicopters. A 1/35 OH-58D and a 1/35 UH-1D. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floyd S. Werner, Jr. Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Not deployed they can look at around 110-400 hours. It depends on when they get tracked maintenance, IP or safety. IPs tend to fly more due to the nature of the job. Maintenance weenies, which I am one, fly more often but less time. How is that? They fly a lot of .1 or .2 flight time for checks. Safety geeks are the middle of the road. It is sometimes scary thinking they get so little flight time and then have to go out in the multi-billion dollar helicopters and expect to be proficient. Currency does not equal proficiency. As an example the Kosovo Apache missions. Deployed the number is limited to 90 hours a month I believe, may be 100. This can be waivered on a case by case basis. Information is based aged a little I flew for the Army five years ago. Your mileage may vary. Floyd Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcunny Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 You WERE a maint pilot..you're copper busting speeders on the beltway now...BTW the 412 was over 66 when I was there.... Jarrod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobrahistorian Posted November 9, 2007 Share Posted November 9, 2007 Current Guard standards are about 250-400 hours, depending. I've been flying since Feb 06 and I've got about 320 or so hours now. Of course, when the helicopter breaks, you don't fly... like last night... but I'm glad it broke when it did and not while I was in the air! That'd have been bad! Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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