Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Nobody cares about how many LDG's you have. Airlines only look at them for one purpose: To ensure that you NEVER flew while out of currency...even a brief gap in the distant past will disqualify you. Logging your student's LDG's would create confusion and doubt, which will not help you get the job.
They also look at instrument, night, and BFR currency. They have specially trained auditors (or interview captains) review your logbook...you want it as clean and black-and-white as possible.
Im aware of your first sentence, as that has been my point all along.
A gap in the distant past will not disqualify you from getting a job. Who told you that?!? I have met many captains and other pilots who have had years between flying and are now working at UAL, AAL, etc. I have a pretty big gap of "occasional" flying after 911 but that's not going to doom my career. That's absurd. As far as landings, the RJs just want to see that you are current, they're not going to go through your landings with a fine tooth comb. Logging student landings is not going to keep you from getting a job. They would lose a lot of applicants if they went through the trouble to make sure that you didn't log landings during instruction given. With all honesty, I could care less about logging my landings as long as I do enough to keep myself current while instructing.
I will say this. A gap between "employment" isn't in the pilots' favor but it still doesn't wreck his career or disqualify him/her. That's a very subjective thing as they could have taken sick leave, had a death in the family....Who knows.