1272.4 hours - precisely. Any less is sheer negligence. I guess that's what I get for asking a question to a bunch of pilots...I really should have know better!! :smt040 Rockie, that's the biggest reason I didn't want to do the jet thing, I'm much happier in the helo world where we can brief in 10 ...

Mathias, thanks I'll see if I can track down a copy of that. Hedley, I wondered how long it would take for someone to say "it depends" :D I actually agree with everything you wrote, I intentionally left the OP a little vague to start with because my main goal isn't to ask the members here how many h...

Hey All, I'm helping a buddy work on a paper about the minimum number of hours in a year a pilot needs to be safe. Has anyone here heard of any reports (from TC...FAA...Jimbo's Flying School...etc) that have studied this. We have tracked down a lot of info on what the minimum required is to maintain...