Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: paj@gec-mrc.co.uk (paj) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Re: Aircraft turnaround and maintenance Message-ID: <1991Feb20.054628.2890@cbnews.att.com> Date: 20 Feb 91 05:46:28 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 17 Approved: military@att.att.com From: paj A.G.Poole@newcastle.ac.uk (Alex Poole) writes about aircraft in the Gulf having only one pilot/navigator team. I am puzzled, having seen on UK TV news programs that the planes have about 3 or 4 teams each, and are being turned round and sent out with a fresh team as fast as they can be refuelled, bombed up and checked over. There was even one shot of the fresh team greeting the returning team before getting in the plane. Maybe a bit of arithmetic: we are at about 2,000 sorties/day, with (from memory, Mr Moderator please correct me) 600 aircraft. That means about 4 hours per sortie average, which in turn implies a pretty fast turnaround. Paul. Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com