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Msg ID: 2710721 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:Mr potatoe head
11/15/2021 6:44:58 PM

So what hour does a low time pilot become high time?



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Msg ID: 2710722 Flight time +30/-0     
Author:Experienced
11/15/2021 6:52:29 PM

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When you no longer have to ask this type of question.


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Msg ID: 2710759 Flight time +4/-4     
Author:Utility flyer
11/16/2021 1:43:17 AM

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For me? About 8,000 hours. I thought I was really good and had a solid understanding of FARs and weather.
By 4,000 hours I’d had an engine failure and a few other close calls. By 8,000 I felt I truly knew the pilot thing.

Currently 13,800 hours


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Msg ID: 2710772 Flight time +7/-3     
Author:lol
11/16/2021 8:38:27 AM

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Yeah after studying the regs for 8000 hours, you know them pretty good. What a tool. You know when it's gonna rain, too after 8000 hours. Your posts are classic internet pilot stuff. 



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Msg ID: 2710775 Flight time +3/-1     
Author:Heli pilot
11/16/2021 8:57:09 AM

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You NEVER know.   Just keep flying & learning about your A/C & your limitations & you'll have yourself a pleasant & fulfilling career.   Never, ever get complacent & let your guard down, or something may creep up & bite your proverbial butt.



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Msg ID: 2710814 Flight time +1/-0     
Author:Old School
11/16/2021 3:17:43 PM

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Retired with 28,000hrs. 74yrs old, still flying my own airplanes. Consider myself to be just a high time student, as there is always something to learn or review.....



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Msg ID: 2710778 Flight time +2/-2     
Author:Mr Potatoe head
11/16/2021 9:02:04 AM

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Sounds like the low time guys here are pretty bitter.



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Msg ID: 2710781 Flight time +0/-1     
Author:Nah
11/16/2021 9:11:35 AM

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It's just that the high time guys can spot a low to no time guy a mile away. Utility flyer is definitely not the real deal. Utility flyers posts are hilarious.



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Msg ID: 2710773 Flight time +2/-1     
Author:A&P
11/16/2021 8:48:04 AM

Reply to: 2710759

I adjusted the idle on a B model in the rain, at night with a headlamp, offshore, at 8000 wrench time. Retired now.



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Msg ID: 2710797 My definitions +3/-2     
Author:Of Times
11/16/2021 10:42:42 AM

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You stop being "Low time" when you stop caring about hours. You become "High time" when your flight time becomes part of your personality and something you begin to draw self worth from instead of a byproduct of your job.



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Msg ID: 2710800 When you know enough to avoid the stupid stuff you've been casually doing. +0/-2     
Author:olderendirt
11/16/2021 11:18:19 AM

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About 4,000 hours and a couple hundred thousand landings for me. They quickly add up at 1 hundred, hundred fifty a day.



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Msg ID: 2710809 Y ou Got Too Little Flight Time And Then +0/-1     
Author:Anonymous
11/16/2021 1:09:31 PM

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one day you got too much. See it's always some excuse with these "job creators."



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Msg ID: 2710850 Y ou Got Too Little Flight Time And Then +1/-0     
Author:oldNtired
11/16/2021 10:16:19 PM

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When you have experience to pass on to someone who will take the time to listen and apply and not dismiss you as just an old fart who has the job they think they should have.



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Msg ID: 2710855 One year (NT) +0/-0     
Author:8760 hours
11/16/2021 10:54:47 PM

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Msg ID: 2710856 Flight time +1/-0     
Author:Skipped a step
11/16/2021 11:09:55 PM

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most of us fall into mid-time

 

 

low time:  getting hours keeps allowing you to hit the minimums for new and different jobs

 

mid time:  you already exceed the minimums for nearly every job out there

 

high time:  stop adding up hours (or even stop logging them)...make sure you open the logbook every month to record enough landings 



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Msg ID: 2710940 Flight time +1/-3     
Author:Pretty good
11/17/2021 4:54:12 PM

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 question.

Generally for less than 10,000 hours and/or 15 - 20 years on the job one is considered a junior pilot.

Most military pilots qualify, but, then, their job is a little different than the civil side of things.



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Msg ID: 2710979 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:Never heard of a junior pilot
11/17/2021 7:11:49 PM

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How to tell me you're not in this business without telling me you're not in this business.



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Msg ID: 2711009 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:Meaning
11/17/2021 10:05:48 PM

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most military pilots qualify as junior pilots - sorry 'bout that.



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Msg ID: 2711015 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:where did you come up with
11/17/2021 10:33:14 PM

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this junior pilot thing, internet poser.



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Msg ID: 2711195 Flight time +1/-1     
Author:Reading
11/19/2021 3:58:53 PM

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 required.

There are student pilots, new commercial pilots, co pilots, first officers, new captains, junior junior junior, all junior.

Then there are pilots with a lot of experience and happen to be looked up to for their consistency and ability to help others.   When one winds up in that lot look at years and hour experience and you'll find 15-20 and over 10K. 

All others are junior junior junior.  Is what it is.  

Try some reality and respect.



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Msg ID: 2711260 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:lol
11/20/2021 9:56:42 AM

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preening doosh bag, that obviously has never done this for a living, has thoughts.



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Msg ID: 2711840 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:55
11/25/2021 4:17:22 PM

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 years and 23,000 hours, all incident and accident free.  

Be careful out there.



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Msg ID: 2712202 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:Responses by very
11/30/2021 5:55:21 PM

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junior pilots far too impressed with themselves.

Truth is true.  Deal with it, don't delude yourself!



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Msg ID: 2711270 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:It goes down every year
11/20/2021 10:13:56 AM

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You're almost there!



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Msg ID: 2711284 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:well that's good
11/20/2021 11:19:53 AM

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I'm a little tired of being an inconsistant junior pilot that doesn't help others. lol



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Msg ID: 2711288 Flight time +0/-0     
Author:7000 hour junior captain.
11/20/2021 11:49:47 AM

Reply to: 2711284

Yesterday I showed up late, overflew an inspection, got lost, busted airspace, over torqued and left the bosses wife's bag on the ramp. I also didn't help anybody. Maybe in another 8000 hours, I'll do better. 



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