Originally Posted by
Blackhawk
Unfortunately with cross country time there is no real way to figure it as it is not something tracked by the military. I've spoken to the FAA and employers during interviews about this and none had an issue with a conservative estimate based upon the platform I flew.
You are correct about PIC time which is another reason to use an electronic logbook.
I get that's it reasonable, but you might run into a Fed or employer who is not reasonable. I would try to avoid admitting that's it's an estimate.
Another poster mentioned he knew 800 hours in Iraq were all XC because of the geometry.... that's a fact even if he didn't log it at the time, and he could get out a map and prove it to a reasonable degree. That's a better way to do it if you can.
Just be careful with that one.