Bush/Float Flying Hours

[andyandreas]

How many hours can someone make flying for a fairly busy company in one season?

[cdnpilot77]

Extremely variable....My personal experience, I did 320hrs in just over 3 months last season

[bush pilot]

My best was 670 from May to Mid Oct. but that was a service not a lodge. I would say anything over 350 would be good.

[Sky Pilot]

I did 900+ my first year, 600 on floats, and 300 on skis. That was over a 12 month period, 20 years ago. Trappers still trapped and used ski-planes. And tourism was crazy busy. In 2008 and 2009, I averaged about 400 hours. Last year, I quit flying and still racked up about 80 hours. Like the previous pilot said, extremely variable.

[kevinsky18]

50hrs to 350hrs all at the same company, same season but different pilots with different assignments.

[Bushav8er]

I've been doing floats for 20 yrs and unless you're at a place that operates year round and isn't dedicated 'tourism', than 350, give or take, seems to be a fair average.

[North Shore]

The last summer that I was in the bush, I flew 350 from MAy 1 to Nov 1.. including a week off because i was at my 90 day max..

[Rowdy]

A busy air service will do just around 90-100hrs a month in the summer... from my experience.

[bush pilot]

I was at 149.0 for about a week strait. What ever came off 30 days ago went back on that day. I was beside myself at the end of that month.

[180]

As a seasonal float driver, the most I ever did in a season (May-Oct) was 500 hours, the least, 200 hours.