Logbooks - One Month at a time??

[EMBPLT]

Anyone know how the majors look upon entering data into logbooks one month at a time? I am at a regional and the question has come up a few times. I have been doing one flight per line and it is chewing up some major logbook space. If so, what do you enter for the aircraft N number. Thanks a lot!! - J

 

[sgu]

I log it by the N number per day. If I fly three N numbers a day then unfortunately I'll have three entries for that day. I think less questions about the validity of the flight time may be the result. I will find out Monday if that is the case. Good luck.

 

[bayoubandit]

I do both.

I keep one of those little red log books for every leg I do. It has the N#, and block time as well as departure/destination. I then transfer only the times over to one of those big master logbooks by the month. My main reason for doing this is in the case I lose one I have a back up.

 

[lakelivin]

I do both.

I keep one of those little red log books for every leg I do. It has the N#, and block time as well as departure/destination. I then transfer only the times over to one of those big master logbooks by the month. My main reason for doing this is in the case I lose one I have a back up.

I do the same thing. Interviewed with UPS and got hired (pool). They did go through both the master and the red books to compare... From what I understand there is nothing that says you can't do it monthly. When you sign your name at the bottom of your log it makes it official... A fed told me that.

 

[Flyforyou]

I log one line per day of flying, with the N number of the first airplane I fly for the day. Seems to work fairly well. I also carry the "little black book" in the cockpit and transfer the time to my logbook at home. Don't forget to make photocopies of your logbook pages just in case, then keep your original logs somewhere safe.

Fly

 

[FurloughedAgain]

I logged monthly times (TT only) during the three years I was at US Airways because I never thought i'd have to interview for another job.

It's caused a lot of trouble since I was furloughed -- both in filling out complex applications and in the interviews themselves.

"How much night time did you have in January?" "How much IFR time did you have in January?"

I wouldnt recommend it.

 

[Check Essential]

For most of my airline career, I logged one day at a time using the first N number of the day. Later, I switched to logging one month at a time.

I interviewed at UPS twice (once just before 9/11 and again late last year). The first time they literally didn’t crack my logbooks. The second time they looked through and said everything was fine. I had my “black books” with me (the little ones) but I didn’t put them on the table.

All in all, I tormented over my logbooks for many years. In the end, it was very anticlimactic. I know there were some horror stories in the past with United, but I don’t think there is any problem logging a month at a time.

CE

 

[milflyboy]

Man - I wish I was flying so much that I would have to worry about stuff like that )

 

[Yank McCobb]

I logged monthly times (TT only) during the three years I was at US Airways because I never thought i'd have to interview for another job.

It's caused a lot of trouble since I was furloughed -- both in filling out complex applications and in the interviews themselves.

"How much night time did you have in January?" "How much IFR time did you have in January?"

I wouldnt recommend it.

Most places have no problem at all with a monthy log, as long as you have a daily record of some sort...little red book, company time/pay sheets, whatever.

The problem you encountered could be solved very simply by using some type of electronic logbook. Either a commercially produced one like Logbook Pro, or one you devise yourself using Excel or Access, etc.

Filling out apps with complex flight time grids are a snap with some type of electronic logbook that can call up reports of just about anything in seconds. Questions like "How much night/IFR, etc...time did you have in "XYZ" type aircraft during the month/year of "ABC" are a piece of cake.

So again, a single montly entry is not a problem as long as you have other means of producing more detailed information if required.

Logging each leg by N number gets really old after a while. A neat print out of your electronic logbook (with your monthly entries), with each page signed and in a binder is more than satistactory.

 

[trainer8]

I'm sure you will hear it both ways. I know a friend who interviewed at NWA and they chastised his logbook because he made monthly entries. No, he wasn't hired.

I do the little book thing and transfer to a master log book. I also use an electronic logbook with my pda and laptop. I log each full day of flying into my master log, not leg by leg. As stated above by others, E-logbooks makes it really easy, especially for applications, i.e., the Frontier App on line asks you to report flight time in every aircraft you have flown (!) When I interviewed at JB, I had my little logbooks, my master log(s), and an up to date copy/computer printout of my electronic log book. Vertical column totals matched the horizontal. The JB clerk mentioned how nice that was. As nice as it was, I still didn't get hired, but it made them misty.

T8