Originally Posted by
StabMiscompare
I have an interview in late April. I am hoping somebody who interviewed recentley could lend me some insight about logbooks. I currently keep paper and electronic logbooks concurently. I know in the interview invite they mention they want the "orignal logbooks". The problem I am faced with is that in my paper logbooks, my PIC time is messed up from flight school where I was logging PIC as a rated student, and my current employer wanted me to log FO Pilot Flying as PIC. When I submitted my app I only counted "true" PIC time. Also my logbook has greenout on every other page and my handwriting is something between a doctor and a kindergartener. On the otherside my electronic logbook can do a neat printout which I can make into a binder and reflecting the correct amount of PIC time. Would the printout be acceptable to Delta? From what I hear it should be since RST partners with a printing service. I feel like I am getting to deep into the weeds with the term "original" as people I know stopped keeping a paper logbook after flight school.
Use a logbook printing service (I used Prosoft Binders) and have your electronic logbook neatly printed and also show up with all your old logbooks. Be ready to answer any questions about why you logged PIC and you should be fine. My logbooks were setup in a similar way and they never asked.
Airlines understand that PIC as “individual who signs the release and is ultimately responsible for the flight” and PIC as “sole manipulator of the controls” are two different things.
Trust me, my handwriting couldn’t be deciphered by Egyptologists and I still got the job 😬