HC Deb 04 February 2000 vol 343 c744W
Mr. Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours' flying time pilots completed in the RAF in each of the last five years, excluding operational flying. [107245]

Mr. Spellar

[holding answer 27 January 2000]: Trained RAF pilots completed the following flying hours:

Years Hours1 Hours2 Total hours
1995 164,686 20,012 184,698
1996 198,892 15,154 214,046
1997 191,194 12,468 203,662
1998 186,746 14,702 201,448
1999 159,801 24,670 184,471
1 Excluding operational flying
2 Operational only