Originally Posted by
FaceBiten
Block time. Isn't that an industry standard term? Do you not use that at your airline? Doors closed/parking brake off to door open. Out to in. The first time on the acars to the last time on the acars. The time that goes in your logbook. The first O to the I in OOOI. You know, block time. The only people who care about off to on is the Air Force since that's how they log. I don't think any airline pays off to on.
Depends. Some companies like AWAC pays Out to In but FAR BLOCK time is technically the time you start taxing under the aircraft's power. So at AWAC they logged the "push" time as a separate time. While seemingly complicated, it's smart because it allows full utilization out of the crews. Push time ranged for me 5-10 hours per month depending on what was going on. It's fairly significant. The out time was captured with oil pressure on one engine and nose wheel steering armed.