One thing to remember about the logbook interview. It is an *interview*. They have all your paperwork. They have the fancy excel summary spreadsheets that everyone does and turns in very close to the top of one of the requested stacks. They will ask you all these questions anyway. Know the answers, like hourly totals for each of the last five years.

One question I got I said I needed to look on my summary sheet. Had to pull it off the top of a very messy pile of all my stacks. I’m quite sure this pile was very messy on purpose. And not because he was reading any of it.

A note to former mil guys: ignore all this talk about tabbing your logbook. My interview instructions specifically said for USAF guys not to do it. So if the thought of dusting off your flight records folder and getting a calculator makes your head hurt, don’t sweat it. As long as the instructions still say that...