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Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 12 December 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2011. It was answered by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 19 December 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Red Arrows: Training

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours on average Red Arrows pilots flew (a) in flight training and (b) as flight trainers in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answer

The Red Arrows 12-month season runs from 1 October to 30 September. The following table gives information for the average training hours flown by the Red Arrow pilots for the 2011 season.

Average flying training hours per Red Arrow pilot¹
2010
October 5
November 14
December 1
2011
January 18
February 15
March 22
April 21
May 22
June 2
July 0
August 4
September 4
Total per pilot 128
¹ Figures are rounded up to the nearest hour.

Pilots serving with the Red Arrows are not required to conduct flight training duties. Therefore no flying hours are recorded as flight trainers.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
86826; 537 c965W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Training Red Arrows
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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