I brought my logbooks and one of the captains actually looked through them. However, it might have been just because I had all my documents, including my logbooks, laid out on the table. He basically browsed through them and made a nice comment on how “well organized and neat” they were, but I think if I had kept them in my briefcase he would’ve never even looked.
At the same time, how embarrassing would it be not to have them when asked? After all, we are talking about a pilot position here right? We are required to keep track of our instrument, landing currencies, etc. by the FAA, so bringing a pilot logbook to a pilot interview only makes sense to me.
Even though logbooks are not mentioned in the “interview package,” I think it’s better to be safe than sorry. Besides, many of us never even got the “interview package,” I know of people who had 24 hour notice for the interview and they brought all the documents they felt were important. I believe a pilot logbook should fall into this category. Just my opinion, good luck to everyone, with or without a logbook
Ps. There was one person in our group who had a printout of his logbook (Excel spread sheet, created by himself). I must say we were all quite impressed because it looked very nice; some of the columns were in color, etc. He later told us his logbook became a great conversation subject and both captains looked at it during his 1-on-1 interview. He was hired as well.
