Originally Posted by
Swakid8
As others pointed out, you need to request your full airman record from the FAA…. You will get all of your 8710s from them for every check/type ride that you’ve had. I would then put all of your 8710s in a nice binder… I had my original logbook stolen when my car was broken into. After that, I maintained a copy of my 8710s and comply of my police report that highlights that my logbook was stolen.
Yup, all of the advice on this thread is spot-on. My first logbook, which covered from 0 hours till shortly before my ATP ride at 1500 hours, was stolen many years ago. Prior to showing up for my legacy interviews, I...
• Printed all of my 8710s (as others have mentioned, it takes months for the FAA to send you your entire airman file. Fortunately I'd done this years before.)
• Printed the police report of the theft (it was a car break-in)
• Used LogTen Pro to create carry-forward entries based on my 8710s and the carry-forward times from my second logbook, which included my ATP ride.
• Transcribed my other paper logs (about 1,500 to 4K hours) into LogTen Pro. That was a giant PITA and took a month. I could have used a transcription service but they had a 3-month backlog so I just did it myself.
• Imported all my 121 time (4K to 8K hours) from my former airline's scheduling system into LogTen Pro
• Printed everything out and had it professionally bound.
• In addition to the printed Logten pro logbook, I also brought my remaining original paper logs.
I had successful interviews at UAL, AA, SWA, and AS. Nobody questioned the methods I'd used to ensure I had accurate logs.