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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does a black hawk helicopter have duplicate controls for a pilot and a copilot? Can you disable one or the other for training purposes? [/quote]

you do realize, right, that "training" flight does not mean this was like frekin' drivers ed?

One pilot had 1000 hrs of flight time and the other had 500 hrs which is apparently a lot because each flight is relatively short and it's not like you are flying for days straight. [/quote]

When you are in war the flight hours go way up. My father was a pilot in Vietnam. He told me about one operation where he was flying for 48 hours. He would eat, use the restroom or sleep in the pilot seat while they refueled. They would wake him up when he was fueled and away he would go. They would fly 4-8 hours a day depending of rank and responsibilities. It was typically for most to have 1,200 hours after a 15 month tour.

150-200 hours is a good year for the conventional side of army aviation not deployed. Think you need 95 hours to qualify(24 in a simulator) but a current pilot could tell you more. So maybe the pilot was about 4 year flying? More than enough time and training. The US military has the training and replacement system down. Plus you have a senior pilot with you. The senior pilot would take over if he/she saw a crash coming. That is why they are there and they are not keen on crashing. [/quote]

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