500 Hours!

[Bluto]

excuse my soapbox

You just haven't been logging every flight when you landed at another airport as x/c, which you can for 135 x/c mins. Remember the 50 mile requirement is only for counting towards initial certification training requirements. The general definition of x/c is any flight that lands at another airport.

That's a common mistake, people get in the habit of only logging x-c time if it's more than 50nm. If you haven't been doing that, it should help close your gap.

For those of you still working on a commercial, or ATP, wondering how to account for two different kinds of x-c time, I've always used two columns in my logbook; the regular cross-country column, and I add an "ATP X-C" column for anything > than 50nm (or at least I did until I had over 500 of that kind, now I just log regular x-c) for those of you who have an extra column, you could just add an "airport to airport x-c" column (call it whatever you want, 135 x-c, etc.), and leave your regular x-c column as your "ATP column" that way you won't have to mess with your totals or screw up your logbook with line-outs or (gasp) white-out. Incidentally, I do all my page totals in pencil and my individual entries in pen. That way I can fix any math errors easily.

 

[nosehair]

I thought, and was told,

...aaahh, therein lies the rub. You must learn to never depend on what you are told, but only use it as a guide until you see for yourself. Read the regulations concerning logging of flight time. 61.51, and definitions 61.1 to see the black-and-white official definition of x/c. There are lots of old definitions of this reg because it has had some changes over the years and most people do just what you are doing - they do what their instructor tells them. But sometimes the instructor - and the examiner - are going on old outdated or passed on verbal knowledge.

 

[Snakum]

For those of you still working on a commercial, or ATP, wondering how to account for two different kinds of x-c time, I've always used two columns in my logbook; the regular cross-country column, and I add an "ATP X-C" column for anything > than 50nm

Aaaahhhhh ... I been wonder'n how to do dat.

Thanks!

Minh the King Air Seat-warmer Extrordinaire

 

[joe_pilot]

Congrats on reaching 500 hours!

Hope you have a blast on the next 500 as well.

 

[Biatch5]

Well, I just wanted to share with everyone here that I crossed the 500 hour "milestone!" I just returned from a 2 week trip yesterday that took me from Southwestern Ontario (Windsor- right across the border from DTW) all the way to the east coast of Canada (YHZ) and back. I was taking pictures over the major cities (ottawa, montreal, quebec city toronto, charlettown, halifax), and it was a great experience. The worst part of the trip was getting stuck in Halifax for 6 days because of bad weather! I spend 5 nights in the "airport hotel" in YHZ- for all you XJET and AA crew that spend overnites there, you know how boring it can be, as the airport is 20 miles from the city!! I also got stuck in Quebec City for 3 nights due to bad weather, and that wasnt fun either as the majority of the TV channels are all in French. Overall, it was a great experience, and I learned a lot flying half-way across the country in an old C152!

One thing I also learned on this trip is the importance of a good lifestyle. I always thought that it would be "fun" to spend time away from home, living from hotel-to-hotel... but in reality, it was not fun at all. For every day of my trip, I never knew where I was going to be spending the nite. I simply flew until I could fly no longer (i.e. fatigue) or until the weather held me down. Once I landed, I had to worry about finding a hotel, dinner, etc etc. I now see the importance of stability and a good lifestyle (i.e. being able to spend as much time at home as possible!) I also missed watching Macgyver everyday and I also missed the Memorial Cup hockey tournament, where my home-town team won it all!!

Anyway, thanks for all the support over the past few years and to everyone who have answered my many questions! I look forward to more milestones in this exciting career!

Chris.

I think Chris Farley said it best when he said

WELLLLLLLLLLLLLL LADIE FREAKIN DAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[typhoonpilot]

Congrats Chris:

Good job and keep the good questions coming, it keeps us on our toes.

Typhoonpilot