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Old 03-06-2007 | 05:47 AM
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FlyerJosh
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skycowboy,

I back my logbook up to several places, including hard copy (printout). I've formatted each sheet to look just like a logbook page and fit onto an 8.5"x11" sheet. When I fill up 2-3 sheets, I print them out in color, sign the bottom, and put them into a 3 ring binder in sheet protectors.

Instructor endorsements from my annual recurrent at FSI go onto avery stickers, and are stuck to a supplemental sheet at the back of the logbook. Obviously the computerized log doesn't have endorsements from my training days, so when I interview, I take that logbook along, as well as my 1 professional Jepp log that I used when I was instructing.

Another issue with the computer version is the ease of adding logbook entries in the past that weren't there in the originals. (padding the computer book is far to easy)
Sure, is it easy to stick an extra hour or three into a computerized log? Sure- but no easier than it is to write one into a paper log. Anybody that fails to see that, IMHO, just doesn't get it. It's not the type of log that a pilot keeps that determines whether they will be honest or not. It's the type of PILOT.

It's the ease of adding a computerized log that makes them so useful. When I transferred my times to my spreadsheet, I found over 50 computational errors. Most of them were in my favor (although one or two dropped a column total).

I'm more than willing to sho a prospective employer what I have (both paper and electronic). I know for a fact that it's good enough for the Feds. If that isn't good enough for a prospective employer, I don't know that it's an operation that I want to work for... if they get all bent out of shape about an electronic logbook, who knows what other type of BS is around the corner...

(FWIW, the past two corporate/charter interviews that I've had didn't even bother looking at my logbooks when I interviewed. They just wanted copies of my certificates.)
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