Originally Posted by
TSRAGR
I'm working on making sure all my numbers match and have imported everything into not only LogTen Pro, but also Airline Apps. As I've done this, I've found some time errors, that I have no idea how to correct. So here's the jist.
In airline apps it shows my time off my 2.8hrs and I know the culprit is my T-38 IP time somewhere.
I guess the biggest question is what constitutes total time? I've logged time as PIC, Other, IP, Dual Received and Evaluator.
It gets really trickey/schetchy in the following instances. Two IPs in same aircraft, the dude in the front is the PIC, but if the dude in the back is flying and instructing another student in another jet, he logs the total time and IP time, but not PIC. The reverse is also true. If i'm in the front, I log total, PIC and any portion in which i'm instructing which isn't necessarily the whole sortie.
Example. Sortie A: I logged 1.3 Total, 1.3 PIC (front cockpit/signed for jet) but only .7 IP time. (the other .6 i'm just sitting there watching. Not SIC, b/c it's not a 2 person a/c) Is this .6 floating in space messing w/my numbers somewhere?
Anyone with experience like this out there? Former T-38 IPs that can talk to this? I feel like this shouldn't be a tough corner to hack, but i've gone through all 1100 sorties and can't find anything else that looks weird.
thanks.
Total time is just that. What label you give various portions of that 1.3 in your example doesn't change the fact the all of it goes toward total time. I don't see how you're having trouble figuring out what constitutes total time. Figure out the total amount of time your a$$ has spent with air under it in all the various aircraft you have flown and total it up.
The PIC calculation can be more of a challenge depending on aircraft, mission and the airline's rules on what they consider PIC. Most airlines probably really care about total time and PIC time. All the other breakdowns of EP, IP, Dual, etc. is just another small way to put together a complete picture of a candidate.
To address your scenario, that one seems pretty clear regarding PIC. Since you signed for the jet, all 1.3 is PIC, as you said. The fact that you instructed for .7 has no bearing on anything, really. You get .7 in your instructor time column. The fact that you didn't give a label to the other .6 shouldn't create an error and it's not "floating" anywhere. It's already got a label (i.e. PIC) because the entire 1.3 is already accounted for in your PIC time as well as total time.