Originally Posted by
FlyJSH
There is virtually no way for someone to check to see if Johnny really flew from Silvis to Peoria on 15 July 1988.
Looking at logbooks is more like forensic accounting. If the numbers don't feel right, they probably aren't. I used to look for logical trends. If the guy says he flies 8 hours per day, I looked for some sort of repetative schedule (five days on, two off, seven and seven, etc.). I used to know the dates of all the hurricanes.... if he was based in Homestead and flew 6 hours the day after Andrew came through, something was wrong. Or if he was based in Bangor and flew his 152 100 hours in February, there was something wrong.
As for me, my logbook is as accurate as the Hobbs meter. (And I knew which planes' Hobbs ran fast and which ran slowly).
Agree -again - looking at it from a new employer's point of view. But the compnay you are flying for currently ought to know whether Johnny flew airplane XXX from Silvis to Perioa on 15 July 08, and if the new compnay wantedto know badly enough - I would assume that they could contact said company and ask - did Johnny fly airplane XXXX on such date and for how long. I only have my experience to relate to but if you wanted to know if I really flew my airplane on a certain date for a certain amount of time then my employer (the squadron) has manny different ways to find out that information - rough flight schedules, smooth flight schedules, NAVFLIRS, maybe gripes written against the aircraft, 'Acceptance' sheet signed before I ever walked for the flight, etc.... I guess I am just surprised to find that other businesses don't have a more cntrolled method of logging the pilots time flown and leave it up to the individual. I would have thought it more tightly controlled.
I'm based in the central valley of California where the fog starts to roll in around the November timeframe and doesn't roll out until March! Luckily for me - we often pick up the squadron and move to the lovely deserts of Southern California for detachments where we continue to pump out the sorties.
Thanks for the info FlyJSH!
USMCFLYR