Originally Posted by
Globe_Trotter_JR
I flew from YVR to LHR few weeks ago. I spoke to the Pilot of the flight in front of the cockpit while we were waiting our turn for the washrooms. Anyway, he told me that on average, a 777 Pilot spends 600 hours in the air each year.
Seems a bit on the low side. Isn't an AC pilot's work-month approximately 80-84 hours block time? So even if you give them a whole month off for vacation, they're still going to be doing closer to 800 hours a year, not 600.
Plus invariably there's going to be dead-heading. And on the ULH's, time spent in crew rest which isn't credited against flight hours.