Originally Posted by
TurboFan
Hobbs clicking=Flight time. The FAR's define it as operation of an aircraft, you were operating the aircraft from the moment you turned the key. In my opinion 100% loggable. Besides, who's going to care?
Personal note: People get WAY to carried away with can/can't log this or that rules. The fact of the matter is that the FAA only requires you to log recency of experience events or things like ILS approaches, T/O and landings within 90 days, etc. Other than that, your logbook is just that, YOUR log book. Put whatever the hell you want in there. I've had multiple discussions with FAA guys about this and they all say the same thing, as long as your legal, they really don't care.
Just like I said before, when you don't leave the ground it is not flight time. You can taxi a plane around all you want, if you don't leave the ground it doesn't count. I taxied my companies multi from mx back to my school should I log that as multi time, no, I didn't fly the plane.
When you log your taxi when it failed the mag check remember to put, taxied back to hanger for mx, 0 t/o 0 landings, never left the ground, and see what your examiner says on your checkride, along with the airline you try to get hired at in the future. Don't listen to this CRJ fo above, he obviously doesn't care about the FARs.