Maximum pilot flying in the Western Military District has exceeded 215 hours per year
In the Western Military District (WEST) in 2012, the average flight hours per pilot significantly increased compared to the previous year and reached 125 hours.
"At the same average flight crew commanders of more than 175 hours. Compared to last year plaque increased by more than 20 percent, "- said on Monday the head of the press service of the WEST Colonel Andrei Bobrun.
He noted that the best results in 2012 reached the pilots of Kursk (the "category" of the front and fighter aircraft) with a touch of more than 150 hours. In the Army Aviation - Air Base in Vyazma with a touch more than 215 hours. Aircraft parts transport aircraft have completed not less than 170 hours.
According to experts, scientifically based minimum annual flight for pilots of military aircraft of 110-130 hours. In 2003, the Russian Air Force raid on the average annual per pilot from 12 to 44 hours.
VVS ima nedovoljan broj pilota,planira se povecanje tog broja.
Citat:The Russian Air Force is not training sufficient numbers of pilots and other specialists, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.
"The quantity of pilots and other specialists being trained for the air force is insufficient," Shoigu said, adding he would pay special attention to the issue.
Citat:The force will receive around 180 new planes and helicopters by the end of the year, the Air Force Commander in Chief Major General Viktor Bondarev said in August.
