Logbook

[Ralph]

I'm finally moving to an electronic logbook and entering in all my old entries. Yikes its a painful process. I'm finding all kinds of errors. I've completed about 5 pages of entries and my times are off by as much as 5 hours in some columns. I'm thinking I'll be 25 to 50 hours off by the time I'm done. I've got about 800 now. Has this happened to anyone else? I guess in the end 50 hours one way or the other won't really matter anyway.

 

[Boomhauer]

I guess in the end 50 hours one way or the other won't really matter anyway.

Uhmmm... try that one at an airline interview, yes it will. Find out where you went wrong and fix it.

 

[Toy Soldier]

You probably have several options, as I see it:

1. Re-create your logbook - build another one.

2. Simply use little post-it notes or "arrows" and point out the discrepancies. Also, make a one time entry correcting the errors and note it as such in the remarks section.

3. Forget about it - not a good option.


Maybe these options will spark ideas that you can "live with"...

 

[localizer11]

Ralph,

As I understand it, you are transferring all your previous flights line by line to an electronic logbook. I recentley finished doing mine. I have over 4000 hrs, so it took me about six weeks to do. It was a huge task, but I'm glad I did it.

Despite what some may say here, everyone's handwritten logbook has at least some errors. Unless you are some type of super accountant, a few mistakes are bound to creep in. No one is perfect. That's why so many pilots are switching to the electronic logbooks.

What types of mistakes were made in your old logbook? Where the times put in the wrong columns? Was it errors in the math? If so, by transferring your logbook carefully to the computer, you have the oportunity to correct those errors. Take your time and if necessary go back talk to someone else that might have the correct info you need, like a previous instructor. There is nothing dishonest about correcting an honest mistake.

 

[C425Driver]

Ralph,

I just recently finished entering my flight time in an electrronic logbook and I also had many errors. As a fix, I created a spreadsheet to track the errors and the adjustments necessary to reconcile all of the errors. When I finished entering all of the data in the computer, I used a single line in my logbook to enter the grand totals of all of the corrections necessary to make my logbook totals match the computer. In the beginning I tried making corrections as I found errors, but then my books started looking real messy.

C425Driver

 

[Rick1128]

Mine took over 6 months. But we're talking about a lot more time. And I found errors also. I used the bottom of the page to make corrections. I also found errors in that I kept my time differently between the two logbooks. Make sure you are keeping the time in the same manner.

 

[Ralph]

I created a new table in the electronic logbook called errors. I've started tracking discrepancies there by simply keeping a log that tells me the date and a brief message about the error. I didn’t mean to say I have 50 hours unaccounted for. I’m thinking when I take my logbooks for an interview and the interviewer finds an error I will be able to explain where the math error was and it won’t matter as long as the times I reported were correct. I can’t imagine every (or even most for that matter) airline pilot has a mathematically flawless logbook.

 

[DrEvil]

Which e-Logs are you all using?

 

[Ralph]

Well I ended up making my own because I wanted to tie in the record keeping for my students as well. I used an access database and wrote the front end using javascript and visual basic. Its web based which is nice because I can edit it from anywhere. And if I do say so myself its better than the other electronic logbooks I've looked at!

If someone wants a copy PM me and I'll send you the files.