Current Type

[BTD]

I'm on layover right now and getting kind of bored in a hotel so I thought I'd see what type and how long people have been flying their current aircraft.

For me: Metroliner- 1.4 yrs, 1100 hrs on type.

Anyone else?

BTD

[sky's the limit]

For me: Metroliner- 1.4 yrs, 1100 hrs on type.

BTD

You're working way too hard....

Many types for me, can't be pinned down....

stl

[ehbuddy]

Metro 23

7 years 3650 on type

[C-GPFG]

I'm bored in a hotel too on a 24hr layover..

B1900, 2.5 years, 2000 hrs.

[fingersmac]

HS748, 1 year, 800 hrs.

Also bored in a hotel room.

[200hr Wonder]

1 year Metroliner about 600 hours on type.

[North Shore]

CL215, 5 years, 300ish hours.

[whiteguy]

B1900, 4 months, 60 hrs.

[loopa]

PA28 3 years 300 hrs on type. LOL

[spinjob]

Pa31- 300 hours 3 months
C206H 150 hours 2 months

[harveymushman]

Embraer 175-190
2 years 1200hrs

[Hedley]

I can't imagine just flying one type of aircraft -
that would be sorta like eating the same meal
for breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

I am current and instruct in over 10 wildly
different types of aircraft including SEL, MEL,
flat piston, radial piston, jet, etc. They all
fly pretty much the same, actually.

[Chuck Ellsworth]

They all fly pretty much the same, actually.

Yup the laws of physics and aerodynamics never change from one airplane to the next.

I remember one night going to the hangar in Calgary to fly the nightly bag run to Winnipeg in the Navajo and damned if the thing didn't have a flat tire and there was no way to fix it so I phoned the owner of the company and he said take the Cessna 402.

I had not flown a 402 before so my co-pilot and I took the POH to the restaurant and read the things we needed to know about it and got in and flew the bag run for several days in it.

I found the 402 to be far more stable on instruments than the Navajo and was disappointed when we had to change back to the Navajo.

Could you do that now?

[just curious]

No I think they use a Beech 1900 for the run now. Wouldn't fit in a 402.

[mattedfred]

DH8

9.5 years

i stopped logging hours 9.5 years ago so i have no idea how much time i have on type

[hamstandard]

The sleekest in the sky....Boeing 727.
http://www.airliners.net/photo/FedEx-E ... 29d142bc03

You will have to copy and paste the link.

Or perhaps not- JC:

http://www.airliners.net/photo/FedEx-Ex ... 1523662/M/

[Old Dog Flying]

Over 4000 hrs in 89 types
Currently playing with the Grumman "Alley Cat" for the past 13 years with 700+ on type.

[RFlyer]

DH8

9.5 years

i stopped logging hours 9.5 years ago so i have no idea how much time i have on type

I didn't know you could do that. I just finished reading LRA from AIM, just for kicks and read the following just last week:

In accordance with CAR 401.08, every applicant for, and holder of, a fllight crew permit, license or rating shall maintain a personal log

Mind you, I stopped short of reading the quoted CAR. It's not the first time I've seen someone say they stopped logging hours.

[metalleg_man]

Also bored in a hotel.

PA31 - 1750 ..... 3 years

[Intentional Left Bank]

I didn't know you could [stop logging hours]. I just finished reading LRA from AIM, just for kicks and read the following just last week:

In accordance with CAR 401.08, every applicant for, and holder of, a flight crew permit, license or rating shall maintain a personal log

Hehe. That should draw a response from a certain corner!

[broompusher]

CRJ 100/200/705/900.....1.5yrs, 900hrs

[flying4dollars]

Beech 1900
1.5 years
1400 hours, still not bored with this machine.

[Hedley]

stopped logging hours

Couple points:

1) AIM is not regulatory. You cannot be charged under
the Aeronautics Act with not complying with the AIM -
only the Canadian Aviation Regulations, and

2) there is no CAR that say you must log every flight
you make, in your personal logbook (try to find it -
it doesn't exist).

If you look at CAR 401.08:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/regse ... htm#401_08

It says you must log hours in your personal logbook
for two reasons: if you want to upgrade to a higher
licence, or for "recency".

If you look at CAR 401.05:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/civilaviation/regse ... htm#401_05

it says that you only need to log one flight every 5
years as PIC to prove recency.

Note that there is considerable latitude under CAR
401.08(2) as to the format of a personal logbook -
I suspect many people here would be surprised at
to what meets the requirements of the regulations.

[Tomasz]

ATR 72-200/42-500, just passed my first year, 700 hours so far. Not in a hotel, getting ready for my vacation, tomorrow leaving for Turkey for 2 weeks

[J31]

Boeing 737 8 years and 5000 hours.......living the dream