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Old 02-08-2024, 01:25 PM
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dckozak
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Default It's a trap!!

"It's a trap!", Admiral Ackbar's line, which he says during the Battle of Endor in Return of the Jedi,

Not much to add to the previous post regarding falsifying a personal flight log. One issue alluded to by other posters is the dilemma falsifying something at the urging of a current or potential employer. If you are willing to lie about your flight experience and others know it, they can expect you to do it again, in the future. The OP didn’t define the kind flying he would be doing nor the type of aircraft. In all likelihood, it is a lower end GA aircraft with the anemic performance one came to appreciate and understand, especially during multiengine training. Most four seat aircraft lack the (legal) ability to lift 4 adults and enough fuel and bags and not exceed the aircrafts weight limit. Under report cargo, ditto fuel. Overlook maintenance, fly into questionable weather, fly fatigued, lie about hours flown, the list goes on. Various operators have since the beginning of flying, threatened, coerced, bribed, blackmailed, misrepresented, etc, etc to get pilot(s) to fly flights that better judgment would have suggested should not have been flown. The pilots license (and often more) is on the line when things go sideways and the FAA, NTSB, law enforcement, …. start asking questions. You can bet who is not going to, “take one for the team” when accountably becomes an issue. Something to think about when someone is asking, before even being hired, if you will fudge your flight time.
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