I agree completely. Hence why I made it a point to have the actual paper logs and to let the interviewers know that they were immediately available if they would like to look at them. I have nothing to hide (other than the fact that I can add 2+2 and get seven, which is one of the main reasons I switched to an electronic logbook) and encourage others to do the same. Thanks for clarifying this point (no sarcasm intended).

 

Without reading all the posts:

Keep a paper log and use LBP to back it up. Endorsements don't mean anything once you get the ticket. i.e. complex endorsement once you get your commercial ticket, since you had to have it to get the license. Plus there is a place in LBP to write your endorsements, if you lose your paper logbook you've got a record of who gave it to you and when. I seriously doubt anyone will have any heart burn for not being able to produce the actual paper one, if you've had to revert to an electronic back up.

Another word of advice, when I close out a log book I keep it in a fireproof save, or a safety deposit box.

 

Ok so let me just see if I got this straight. So I keep my paper one just for endorsements and log my flight time on LBP?
Grumble, Where in LBP do I write in endorsements? I haven't found it.

 

Maybe. There has been no guidance by the FAA on what is considers "a manner acceptable to the Administrator" with respect to electronic record-keeping. There are good reasons why some people think it doesn't matter, but the more conservative approach in the absence of guidance is to keep all records in both paper an electronic format. Might be unnecessary but the extra minute or two needed to keep a second record seems a pretty small cost.

I've been running my paper and electronic logs in tandem for at least 12 years now (my first e-Log was in DOS before 1998) and keeping two sets has never been much of a bother.

 

Just some friendly info for someone in the market for an e-logbook..I've been kicking around the idea of buying LBP, but one of the guys I work with showed me a website (flightlogg.in). It's free and you can do all kinds of neat things with it. It does 8710s, currency, and even shows a Google map of all the routes you've flown (useless, but pretty cool). It also has all sorts of ways to break down your times. If I had this about a month ago, I would have spent about 5 min breaking down my time for airlineapps, instead of 3+ hours.

Since I had previously used logshare before they started to charge for it at the beginning of the year, I had backup excel files. If you have an excel file of your logbook you can import it into this program seamlessly. You can also import from LBP, but I don't know why you would want to if you already spent the money for an e-logbook.

You can also set it up to email you a backup whenever you want.

 

I don't mean to be ignorant but I have a question about Log10Pro. I have an iPhone and I want to use something similar to Log10Pro to keep a daily track of my flight time. My question is, I do not have an apple computer at home, am I wasting my time and money if I don't have anyway of having a hard copy of my logbook?

Thanks,

Randy

 

Any idea how to get LBP to a printable format so I can get it bound myself? Haven't had it that long, and still trying to figure out all the bells and whistles.