Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Do fix it.
Don't scratch out every entry. Instead make what accountants would call a "journal entry"...
Add up all the incorrectly logged landings, and make a list of dates
Make an logbook entry with today's date, and a negative entry for landings to subtract out the incorrect number from your total time. Also list all of the dates, which I understand could make it a long entry. I would do that in your paper logbook. With that done you could then fix each date in your electronic book so it will look clean.
The fact that you fixed the error, in meticulous detail, will weigh favorably ten times more than the fact that you made such an error as a new CFI. Not something to worry about, just make sure you do the math and dates correctly.
Also you can log landings with students if you demonstrate a landing with the student not on the controls. If you know a flight was a discovery flight or first flight with a new student, it might be OK to log one occasionally.
I understand, thank you! I do already have my ATP (I got it through a Part 142 Training Center) and they didn’t say anything about it, so there’s that (although I don’t exactly know how thoroughly they looked at my logbook anyway). I also texted a friend of mine who is a former CFI who was hired at a major airline a little over a year ago and he replied, "I logged every single one of those landings, I have thousands of landings lol. Don’t over think it."
I talked to another person who works for some aviation career consulting company and he said it was a "nothingburger," but that it also wouldn’t hurt to fix it. I’ll do as you suggested, even if it will take some time. Just to clarify, when you say to list all of the dates however, do you mean a date range or do you mean list out each date one by one? It’s about 9-ish months worth of entries.