anathema
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India lost 180 pilots in the last 10 years due to inferior standards, PAF did not!
You fly more - you loose more ! Thats a direct corelation. Pak started to fly more after iaf increased sorties - crash rate went through the rooof. It might be surprising for you - flying costs lot of money. And also objectively if you analyze - F7's and even thunder doesnt have endurance . On station each sortie time does not last for more than 30-40 mins. So whoever is feeding you these BS of 220 hrs - its just BS. Only F16 - has a good loiter time and MirageIII coz it refueles (assuming all have got Rose). Similarly - Su30's have got the best loiter time followed by M2ks, Mig29's , etc. So if you ask Su 30 pilot - they would be clocking more than 300 hrs. If you ask Mig21 pilot - they might be clocking 150 -180 hrs.
So learn to undertand the figures when people quote rosy picture. And listen to fighter pilot podcast of indian airforce pilots
Fighter Pilot podcast - Bundle Tyagi
Fighter Pilot Podcast - Harsh Mandar