What do you guys put in your logbook?

[MaxQ]

I was just curious how all you regional pilots entered your flight time into your log book.

Do you put a single entry for the entire day, which may be up to 7 legs, or do you do multiple entries, one for each leg and up to 7 seperate entries in one day???

Thanks!

 

[AirSeattle]

I'm hitting the lazy phase of my career. I used to log every leg. Now I keep specific leg information in the small pocket logbooks that we carry around. I keep only daily totals in by master logbook and I'm considering MONTHLY totals per line soon!!! (told you I was getting lazy!)

I figure as long as I have the stuff written down somewhere, it's all good!

I do have a friend who hadn't kept his logbook up for over 8-years. He figured the airline he worked for had the info for legal reasons. Then jetBlue called! It took him a LONG time to have something put together to show at his interview!

Hey Darren, how is JB these days?

Fly Safe!

joel

 

[hagen]

Usually I write my pairing down on a napkin. At the end of the month I staple them all together with the playmate of the month. When I get around to it I'll enter it in and have something good to look at besides numbers. Its worked so far.

 

[FMR_RGNL_PLT]

Love that avatar Chicaga!!!!

 

[regionalcap]

I log each trip pairing (3 day trip would go on one line). I keep the specific information in my little black books.

 

[Blueridgeflyer]

Logbook? I think i might remember what you're talking about. Are we supposed to be filling it out??

 

[MaxQ]

What about you guys using electronic logbooks???

I have my "Professional" logbook, an electronic logbook, and I will probably be getting one of those little red crew logbooks soon. I think I plan on using my little red book as something to put my info in while i'm flying and then transfer it over to my "official" logbooks at a later time.

Sound like a good idea???

Thanks for the help ya'll!

 

[Looking4Traffic]

Logging Time

Airlinelogbook.com and Logbookpro.com had a deal some months back where you could buy both products for about $129. It was the best purchase I've made since that little toy I bought a girlfriend in San Diego. But I digress . . .

I download my trips directly from the airline computer to my PDA, using Airlinelogbook.com (it takes approximately 3 minutes), and then I keep my PDA up on the flight deck and record actual flight times, leg conditions (i.e. IFR, night), approaches and landings (that takes about 15 seconds per leg). Another fringe benefit of Airlinelogbook is that it keeps track of your regulatory requirements (i.e. rest, 30 in 7, etc.) so you can't get screwed by crew scheduling.

But the best part is that you can then import all of your recorded legs into Logbookpro.com, a terrific logbook program. I generally import every two weeks -- the process takes about 2 minutes and it records everything, including your remarks section in typical logbook format.

I back up my data onto a zip drive every month or so to avoid accidental loss and I also print out each new page created and put it into a nice leather binder so that it's ready to show a prospective employer should that opportunity arise.

I have no affiliation with either product -- and my lawyer recommends making the usual disclaimers -- but I do recommend them. Your life will get easier.

 

[FL000]

I start a new line under any of the three conditions:

1. Aircraft change

2. Date change

3. More than 5 legs

I keep details in my daily/payroll logbook. My master stays in a safe deposit box when I'm not updating it, and my daily logs go in there when that info has been transferred to the master.

 

[flaps30]

so can you pick out the DORKS !

this thread just goes to prove, most pilots are dorks.

 

[rumorhasit]

Hey looking4traffic you really seem to have your $hit together. Very cool great idea...you're the e-man

 

[flx757]

Back when I WAS flying (I found a full-time management position in one of the better airlnes' training depts where I think I'll hang out until I retire), I did what looking4traffic does. Enter each leg into the PDA, then once a month, upload into my electronic logbook.

When I printed the logbook, I filtered it to print one line per month of flying, so that the actual logbook I carried around (for interviews or whatever) only had one line per month. That way, even with 15000 hours, the logbook is of a manageable size. If I had printed it with only one leg per line, the thing would be at least 3 - 4 binders worth, with hundreds of pages per binder. That's a little overkill, if you ask me.

Besides, no one ever had a problem with my one line per month logbook. No airline at several interviews, or the CAA when I was having my logbook validated for credit when I was getting a CAA/JAA ATPL.

 

[WhiteCloud]

My version is to log the whole day on one line if it's all day with the same Captain and airplane. If I switch Captains or aircraft I make a separate line for it. In case something comes up or I just want to remember when I flew with someone I have it down. I keep the big book at home and the little red book with me. Unrelated to flying....I'll make some notes in the red book about the other crewmembers (home, kids, hobbies etc.) so I remember who they are when I see them around or fly with them again.

 

[Erlanger]

It's a real waste of time, paper and ink to log by the leg.
Simply log your stuff by the day.

 

[j41driver]

I was just curious how all you regional pilots entered your flight time into your log book.

I usually use a pen.

 

[ClearRight]

Hey flx757,

About your monthly printing. Is that on logbook pro? I've got the program, just waiting for Santa to bring me a flashy PDA to link up with it so I haven't gotten into the features of LBPro yet.

Right now I've been using the printout of my trip and noting the extras, then taking the pile of trip slips and entering a line per day in my logbook.

 

[cornbread]

Pogue, mook, or putz

Flaps 30 said it all!

I even had to change the words in the subject line from plural to singular. I didn't want a thread to be started on whether or not the plural of PUTZ is putz or putzes.

I am bored.

 

[flx757]

Hey flx757,

About your monthly printing. Is that on logbook pro? I've got the program, just waiting for Santa to bring me a flashy PDA to link up with it so I haven't gotten into the features of LBPro yet.

Actually, the program I use is AeroLog Pro, but I would think any of the electronic logbook programs will let you filter and print just about any combination of date ranges or other filters, such as flight times, aircraft types, etc. They are virtually limitless in however you want to set it up to total and/or print your times.

 

[colorado418]

I always did mine per day. Then in the remarks, I would put the city pairs and number of legs per day.

At one point I got lazy and put in a month per line. When interview time came I regretted it, cut those pages out and updated 7 years of time per day again. That took 3 months to do. I now recommend updating once a month. MUCH much easier.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

www.airlinelogbook.com

Best purchase I have made. Updating my logbook by pen and ink takes way too long these days.