Originally Posted by
freezingflyboy
From what I have heard, they are mainly looking to see that your day plus your night equals your total, your single-engine plus your multi-engine equals your total, that you actually do meet the minimums (and you met them when you applied and didn't "fudge it" to get your app in sooner) and that there are no questionable entries or times that are out of proportion (like your actual instrument being half your total time). Other than that, I wouldn't get too worked up about the other things. We all have some crappy hand-writing and blue ink in our logbooks. If you can, go back through your logbook and find the error. Its a pain in the ass but it will work out better for you in the long run. Just draw a line through the wrong entry and write the correct one above or near it. I have heard that some airlines and the FAA do not like to see a lot of white-out or green-out. How do they know you didn't white out the time your instructor wrote in there for a multi-engine flight and double it?
One thing that's always puzzled me a little bit is the thought that someone with a whole bunch of white-out or green-out is looked down upon but people who've made changes by putting a line through the old figures and written new ones is ok.
The only thing I can think of is that they haven't tried to hide what was there before. But someone with 2.2 hours of multi who changes the number to 4.4 with white-out or by crossing and re-writing has basically done the same thing...