Originally Posted by
gingerbread89
I ended up finding the issue after a ton of time and math last night, looks like they're counting several of my sim totals along with my actual flight hours. For anyone thinking about tracking your own stuff, DO IT. Several MDS's and failure to check my records to find ARMS errors later, I wish I had tracked my own stuff from the beginning!
Why? No airline is going to argue with the military over your flight time totals. If you are on the ragged edge of being legal for an unrestricted ATP, it may be worth verifying the record’s accuracy. Otherwise you are just making busy work for yourself. Airline HR departments trust the military flight records more than your records. You can bring your very pretty and organized records with you to the interview, but they would still rather see the actual military records.
On the subject of annual ARMS record reviews, it is a good idea to check for big, glaring errors (it does happen).