longest commercial taxi time.......

[Jason]

Originally Posted by matt152

It would make a great entry in a diary. If your held on the ground for 2.5 hours, do you record that experience?

Yes, time spent taxiing for takeoff is ok to log, period.

I don't know where people get the idea that only runway to runway time is loggable. Do want you want in your logbook but literally everyone else on the planet includes taxi time.

[Jason]

Originally Posted by woodreau

Since I work for Mesa, we only get paid for historical average block time, and not block or better, so I elected to taxi for 2 more hours all the way to the runway (knowing I couldn't takeoff), and then asked to go back to the gate. Return to gate pays block. So got paid for 3.1 hours for the taxi. Got fuel. Got back in line, this time single engine taxied out to the runway. Took 2 hours to get to the runway this time, get to PVD 45 minutes later, got paid 40 minutes for the second 3-hour attempt to get to PVD.

Surely you can't be serious?! I'm all for making a buck but not at the expense of the pax.

[Pistolpak1]

Originally Posted by cime_sp

This is exactly the way the airlines and FAA treat it as well. If ou taxi for 3 hrs waiting for de-ice it counts as FLIGHT TIME!!!! You intended to go flying and that's all that matters. This time also counts towards your daily/weekly/monthly limits. Now, if you have to taxi the airplane to the maintenance hanger, you are not intending to go flying. It doeas not count as time....although you still get paid for it!

I like this answer it sums it all up for everyone. It also answers the question.

[Pistolpak1]

Originally Posted by woodreau

JFK - PVD normal day 2.5 hours taxi time for a 40 minute flight. Got sandwiched in line between two 747s who I don't think noticed me at all in my B1900. I think I needed one of those flags attached to my tail like on one those kiddie grocery carts in Ikea.

Thats kinda funny!