Pretty sure I found the problem. Although we would split IP time, the FARs allow logging of PIC when you're the IP. So the time I was the IP of record but didn't log PIC b/c there was another IP in the front, should have been PIC time. The differences between these two is the exact amount my logs are off.

Yes it's a strange practice, and i'm happy to explain it in an interview as honestly as I can. I did what I was told to wrt logging time. I certainly didn't try to fudge 20hrs of PIC time when I have 2000 PIC hrs. If it's a Mil vs. Civilian thing, they can discard the hours. And yes, we would have two IPs in one jet and a solo stud in the other jet. and yes, we would both debrief the SP (although only 1 would brief). Looking back at this point to see who "briefed" the SP would be impossible, and more of a "fudge of the numbers" than honestly explaining the practice. Whether it's right or wrong in the civilian world, I don't know, but it the "correct" practice to do in upt.

I suppose the correct answer is just remove the IP hours for when I was not in the FCP, even if I instructed. That seems to be the most safe choice and a whopping 16 hrs less IP time is no big deal.

This took way too many brain bites.