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[MasterBates]

Geez. 1000 hours mutli, turbine A time. Looks like P-3 guys need not apply, unless you're a post DH or higher. . .

Uncle Sugar just got a whole lot sweeter looking, all of a sudden.

Same for E-2s. Even where I met the mins, didn't have A time to what was needed to actually be competitive.

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[scoober78]

Geez. 1000 hours mutli, turbine A time. Looks like P-3 guys need not apply, unless you're a post DH or higher. . .

Uncle Sugar just got a whole lot sweeter looking, all of a sudden.

Uhhh...I got almost 800 hours of A time from my first EP-3 tour...still rough for hours in P-3 land?

 

[PropAddict]

Uhhh...I got almost 800 hours of A time from my first EP-3 tour...still rough for hours in P-3 land?

They tell me it's "better than it's been since Skipper was a JO!" Guys are routinely leaving with greater than 1000 hours total time, which is better than when I checked in.

However, I have no delusions about leaving this tour anywhere close to 800 hours of A time. I'm hoping if I do enough pilot trainers and sacrifice enough weekends to the skeds gods, that I might be able to break 500.

 

[MasterBates]

Yep. Depending on where in the workup cycle you check in, a 3 year JO E-2 tour can net you from 200-600 A hours, but over 500 is hard.

I left with under 100 in a 2 year tour.

 

[scoober78]

They tell me it's "better than it's been since Skipper was a JO!"

Well that must mean its good...

I was pretty average and rolled with just a touch under 1500 TT...or about 1300 in the 35 months I was there. There were guys I knew who left shortly after who were almost at 1900 hours TT, but they were the exception. Again, my A time was around 795 or so...the guy with 1900 TT rolled with nearly 1200 PIC...

For those of you trying to get to EP-3's to get more A time...you better figure out if Global Hawk counts...

 

[HAL Pilot]

I still find this unbelievable. My JO tour ever PPC left with at least 1000 hours A time. My DH tour, not everyone had 1000 but they had at least 750 or so A time. The IPs all broke 1000 still.

 

[KBayDog]

I still find this unbelievable. My JO tour ever PPC left with at least 1000 hours A time. My DH tour, not everyone had 1000 but they had at least 750 or so A time. The IPs all broke 1000 still.

Trust me, your flight time woes could be a lot worse. (*cough* tiltrotor *cough*)

 

[scoolbubba]

I still find this unbelievable. My JO tour ever PPC left with at least 1000 hours A time. My DH tour, not everyone had 1000 but they had at least 750 or so A time. The IPs all broke 1000 still.

What'd that old guy who hung around these parts used to say? Believe it. I am/will be one of the higher time JO's, and will be lucky to leave with 1350 hours, with about 5-600 of A time hopefully.

 

[zippy]

1050ish P-3 time and 330 A time and I was a high hours JO in the squadron when I left. Pretty much the only shot at getting FedEx mins as a P-3 guy these days is go to VT-31/35 or maybe be post DH, if you can scrounge a super JO tour in place of the boat.

 

[Brett327]

1050ish P-3 time and 330 A time and I was a high hours JO in the squadron when I left. Pretty much the only shot at getting FedEx mins as a P-3 guy these days is go to VT-31/35 or maybe be post DH, if you can scrounge a super JO tour in place of the boat.

I think you may have uncovered something worthwhile here. People may actually have to excel beyond their first tours to be eligible for that airline gig.

 

[PropAddict]

I'm curious to see what the pointy nose guys are coming away with for hours from JO tours.

Helo guys, too, since we're on the subject.

 

[MasterBates]

Big advantage for the jet guys, it is all A time.

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[Jim123]

Helo guys, too, since we're on the subject.

800-900 total time seems typical for what I've seen on NATOPS/Instrument Check paperwork over the last two years; some with low 700s, a few with 1,000-1,100TT, one oddball with about 1,300 (did 2x ~2 year tours because of the H-60 transitions). This was for Navy helo guys going through the IUT syllabus in the training command.

 

[FlyBoyd]

...go to VT-31/35...

You can easily get about 400-500 hours a year at either. High time dudes hit 600.

 

[insanebikerboy]

Just so I'm understanding, is A time where you actually sign for the aircraft or is it FPT logged in our logbooks?


That said, I left with about 1000 hours total and a little over 300 signing for the helo.