Originally Posted by
Flying Ninja
This is incorrect.
14 CFR 1.1
Flight time means:
(1) Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing
You can't land when you never left the ground.
True. Airline pilots have to track block time on a return-to-gate because it counts against your flight time limits, but even so we should not log it towards total time.