I know that some airlines pay their flight attendants by the flight hour. I was wondering exactly what that is. Thanks.
2006-06-09 03:53:52 · 9 answers · asked by Julia S 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
At my airline, flight time (pay hours) begin the moment the main passenger door is closed before pushback, and ends as soon as the door is re-opened upon arrival. The door mechanism is actually connected to a computer which records the time. Even if you happen to sit on the runway for 2 hours due to weather or traffic congestion you are still accumulating "flight hours" because the door is closed.
2006-06-09 11:34:23 · answer #1 · answered by 13th Floor 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
A flight Hour is broken down into tenths of an hour. The Time starts from when your tires leave the ground until you land again. I'm used to seeing aircraft on a daily basis fly about 3-3.5 hours a day depending on their configuration and mission requirements.
2006-06-10 06:59:07 · answer #2 · answered by Brien B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies from country to country and even company to company...
There are generally two definitions that my company uses. Logged "flight time" actually includes the ground time - it's from engine start to engine shut down. In a major airline - that often is push-back though.
However, another measurement known as "airswitch" is used too - it's basically a measurement of time from the time when the wheels leave the ground at takeoff to when they touch down at landing - and though it's not quite that specific, that is the meaning - the actual time in flight...
2006-06-11 03:04:50 · answer #3 · answered by Bert from Oz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flight time is measured in tenth's of an hour, beginning when the aircraft actually takes off, and ending when it actually lands, the same way flight time is recorded for the aircraft. Every six minutes is .1 flt hours.
2006-06-09 04:37:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are two times that can be logged. + Duty time.
Block time is usually used by airlines and starts when the main pax. door is closed.
Flight time as per the FARs, is logged by pilots and counts from when the aircraft first moves under it's own power for take-off, and ends when the parking brake is set after landing.
Duty time starts one hour before schedulled departure and ends half an hour after landing.
2006-06-09 12:22:00 · answer #5 · answered by frankclau 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to add to cloothe's answer that flighthours are frequently counted for pilots, rather than attendands. For a pilot to be take out his comertial flying licence or when a company is going to employ him, they ask the pilot for his / her "flighthours". CV stuff =P
2006-06-09 04:03:06 · answer #6 · answered by Migrant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is like 14:03 or 12:00 not air time is 24:00
2006-06-09 13:52:41 · answer #7 · answered by watermelon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
60 minutes in the air
2006-06-09 03:55:01 · answer #8 · answered by playaninstrument 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A measure of time!...seriously, you eloquently posed the question, do you really not know???
2006-06-09 04:01:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋