How do you log your time

[dgs]

Prep for the interview

Just ask yourself, "How would I like to present my time to the airline of my choice?" Already an airline pilot, are you absolutely sure you'll never need to interview at another airline? Sloppy or incomplete logbooks don't impress anybody. Well organized complete logbooks may make a difference. An investment of a few minutes each day or each leg may pay off in the end. If a pay statement at airline X is all you have to prove what you flew in the last 10 years, it sends a signal to those who review your logbooks. I'll let you all debate what message it sends.

 

[DoinTime]

I log every out and back. I've considered logging just once daily but variables that I like to log (tailnumbers and FO's) change during an average day. On flights between domiciles these variables almost never change. I don't keep a paper log besides my pay records anymore either. Only an electronic logbook and a printed backup of it.

 

[JediNein]

It all goes into my daybook after each flight. Then into Logbook Pro ~once a week. Once a month, I write the data in the paper logbook.

Eventually it'll go into the PDA and then it's a once-a-month upload that'll take care of accounting AND logging, and the logbook will be just for the occasional lesson taken or endorsement.

Fly SAFE!
Jedi Nein

 

[A Squared]

Re: Prep for the interview

If a pay statement at airline X is all you have to prove what you flew in the last 10 years, it sends a signal to those who review your logbooks. I'll let you all debate what message it sends.

Hmmmm.....maybe it sends the message that you you don't get bogged down by details that really don't matter?

What is really being asked? the question is: how much flying have you done and can you document it? Company flight/pay records do exactly that quite nicely.

Me, I keep a traditional paper log and an electronic log because I enjoy doing that. It means something to me, personally. I don't however fool my self that it somehow makes me a beter aviator.

regards

 

[A Squared]

Re: Re: Re: Prep for the interview

Speling is also important.

Yeah, speling is important, actually my spelling is ok, but my tiping needs a lot of improvement.

Don't get me wrong on the logbook issuse, the reality is that it is one of those things that interviewers make a big deal about, so you should be careful with it if you have airline aspirations. Let's keep it in in perspective, though, it's a silly beauty contest that has little to do with a pilots skills or professionalism. Would a computer printout of company or military flight records legibally and accurately show your flight experience? Yes, proabaly more so than an handwritten logbook .... so why is it a monumental Faux Pas to show up to an interview with that printed record in your hand. It's a game that you have to play, but beyond playing the game, it has no real significance.

regards