Indian air force "pilots" had a very low flying hours in 1990s

[Myth_buster_1]

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IAF total inventory in 1997 = 1650~

Combat fixed wing air crafts= 704
Training aircrafts= 318
Fixed wing transport aircrafts= 264
Rotorwing= 389


In 1997/98 the IAF logged 306,190 hours



average flying hours clocked per IAF fixed-rotor wings aircraft in a total year= 180 hours per airframe.

Their is minimum pilot to cockpit ratio of 2 pilots per aircraft.

so the average pilot hours clocked in one year equals= 90 hours



This average pilot flying hours of 90 does not translates to 90 hours per fighter jet pilot.
We know for a fact the that Transport aircrafts such as fixed and rotor wings clocks at least 2.5x more hours in average then fighter jets.



rotor/fixed wing transport air crafts= 653
90*2.5 = 225 hours clocked per each transport aircraft or 146,925 hours in total by entire transport fleet in a year.

leaving 159,265 hours for fighter and training aircrafts fleet.
In air force academies their is a huge pilot to cockpit ratio compared to combat squadrons however students fly way less compared to combat squadrons pilots. so this should mean combat planes and training aircraft fly roughly the same amount of hours.

159,265/1022= 155 hours per aircraft

or 77 hours per average pilot.

 

[Azam-e-Nau]

Attention: READ THE THREAD AND THEN POST!

LINK

IAF total inventory in 1997 = 1650~

Combat fixed wing air crafts= 704
Training aircrafts= 318
Fixed wing transport aircrafts= 264
Rotorwing= 389


In 1997/98 the IAF logged 306,190 hours



average flying hours clocked per IAF fixed-rotor wings aircraft in a total year= 180 hours per airframe.

Their is minimum pilot to cockpit ratio of 2 pilots per aircraft.

so the average pilot hours clocked in one year equals= 90 hours



This average pilot flying hours of 90 does not translates to 90 hours per fighter jet pilot.
We know for a fact the that Transport aircrafts such as fixed and rotor wings clocks at least 2.5x more hours in average then fighter jets.



rotor/fixed wing transport air crafts= 653
90*2.5 = 225 hours clocked per each transport aircraft or 146,925 hours in total by entire transport fleet in a year.

leaving 159,265 hours for fighter and training aircrafts fleet.
In air force academies their is a huge pilot to cockpit ratio compared to combat squadrons however students fly way less compared to combat squadrons pilots. so this should mean combat planes and training aircraft fly roughly the same amount of hours.

159,265/1022= 155 hours per aircraft

or 77 hours per average pilot.

lol, hilarious

 

[gowthamraj]

ya that time our economy is very weak and we buy planes in loan and aid from USSR and europe, this is well known fact,

but we in 90s itself have 40 flankers. that great.

does anybody have current flying rate of Indian piolots

 

[RobbieS]

A BR source? I thought that was abhorred on PDF.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

ya that time our economy is very weak and we buy planes in loan and aid from USSR and europe, this is well known fact,

but we in 90s itself have 40 flankers. that great.

does anybody have current flying rate of Indian piolots

Exactly which aircraft in 90s were loaned or aided by Russia or europe? the way how you are emphasizing sounds like 50+% of indian fleet were donated loaned etc. which is false.

btw India ordered 40 flankers in 1997 and had only 8 serving.

 

[Kinshuk]

Please advise, what's the point in discussing past?

 

[Azam-e-Nau]

Please advise, what's the point in discussing past?

Past helps us Identify ourselfs today!!!
Why do you study History??? ever thought???


Pakistan Zindabad, Walaykum As-Salam

 

[Mirza Jatt]

The link is more than a decade old...

 

[Kinshuk]

Past helps us Identify ourselfs today!!!
Why do you study History??? ever thought???


Pakistan Zindabad, Walaykum As-Salam

I didn't study much, so no comments.

Anyways.. Pakistan Zindabad.

 

[Azam-e-Nau]

The link is more than a decade old...

yeah I know, isn't that funny?? Indian air force "pilots" had a very low flying hours in 1990s, lol


Pakistan Zindabad, Walaykum As-Salam

 

[Kinshuk]

Can someone provide the latest stats?

 

[pak-yes]

Well latest stats i think would be very classified and only an insider can leak them.

 

[Azam-e-Nau]

Can someone provide the latest stats?

I didn't found much, not even in Wiki pedia as I expected, but here you go, a bit which I was able to find was this:

WikiAnswers - Where does the Indian airforce rank in the world and this Indian Airforce Ranks

I don't know if that is related to the latest stats!


Pakistan Zindabad, Walaykum As-Salam

 

[Myth_buster_1]

Can someone provide the latest stats?

The SU-30MKI pilots fly the most because it is the safest of all combat aircrafts IAF has. On average MKI pilots may fly as much 180-190 hours a year.
the 4th generation fleet pilots may be flying 150 hours
the 3rd 3.5 generation fleet like Mig-21 bison and Mig-27 pilots may be flying 120-130 hours.

This is all my guess.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

The link is more than a decade old...

Tell me one thing. Is history irrelevant to you? Should schools and university burn their history books because all it teaches is the things of 500-3000 years ago?