Time adjustments for logbooks

[fishalaska]

As I look towards a transition to civilian flying I'm wondering how to convert my mil time (takeoff to touchdown) to civ time (allows for taxi time), for airline apps. I've heard adding .2 for every sortie as a technique. Sounds reasonable. Anybody with experience in this area? How will they view this seemingly arbitrary addition to every sortie in my logbook? I flew civilian before military so I've continued to keep a complete log of all flights unlike some mil guys who rely on flight records for that. I definitely know its not fair to compete against guys who have been logging taxi time. Thoughts?

highside,
I am not sure how the FSDO will rate the conversion, but IMHO just fly the extra 50 hours. The last thing you want is someone to question your hours. My guess is they will look closely if you are just above the mins. My 2cents.

 

[Almerick07]

Keep calling the FSDO and keep asking different people until you get the answer you want.

 

[Benhuntn]

I would think that you show the ability to read and follow instructions at the interview if you can demonstrate that you read their procedures and adjusted your military time accordingly. So just keep it as it is until you get the call and then follow their instructions. I must say though that most airlines do accept your form 5 and they know how to read it. I had a long career with lots of pages so I used a spread sheet to break it out in an easy to read format. They never looked at my logbooks at any interviews.

Good luck!