Didn't log flights at my major, now what?
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Didn't log flights at my major, now what?
Hi guys, I am currently a CA at a major. I am looking to leave for a large major. I never thought I'd leave 8 years ago and stopped logging my flights. I asked our records dept if I could get a copy of my flight records and they are telling me they don't have any for flights, only training events. I have picture-perfect logbooks for 5,500 hours of flying. Just not the last 8 years.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
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#3
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Hi guys, I am currently a CA at a major. I am looking to leave for a large major. I never thought I'd leave 8 years ago and stopped logging my flights. I asked our records dept if I could get a copy of my flight records and they are telling me they don't have any for flights, only training events. I have picture-perfect logbooks for 5,500 hours of flying. Just not the last 8 years.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
I would take your annual pay, extrapolate that to a conservative estimate of hours flown, and make one entry per year. Your training reocrds will show when you changed seats/equipment making it possible to split mid-year if needed.
The fact that you already work at a major means you are more than qualified, you just have to be ready for the inevitable interview question about your logbook which can be spun as positive. Loyalty - "I never planned to leave..."
#4
Yes, make an estimated number based on pay (better yet if you can get all pay records). Probably good enough for an interview in this climate.
But I wouldn't actually don't log that in your book, keep that as the official record that it's supposed to be... I don't think there's an FAA allowance for estimated flight time of that scale.
But I wouldn't actually don't log that in your book, keep that as the official record that it's supposed to be... I don't think there's an FAA allowance for estimated flight time of that scale.
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Hi guys, I am currently a CA at a major. I am looking to leave for a large major. I never thought I'd leave 8 years ago and stopped logging my flights. I asked our records dept if I could get a copy of my flight records and they are telling me they don't have any for flights, only training events. I have picture-perfect logbooks for 5,500 hours of flying. Just not the last 8 years.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
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Don’t all have to keep currency records?
Hi guys, I am currently a CA at a major. I am looking to leave for a large major. I never thought I'd leave 8 years ago and stopped logging my flights. I asked our records dept if I could get a copy of my flight records and they are telling me they don't have any for flights, only training events. I have picture-perfect logbooks for 5,500 hours of flying. Just not the last 8 years.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
#7
They might not bother to do that for a line pilot though. Probably not required to. Don't want to be inundated with constant requests from pilots who didn't keep their logs. Especially since they'd probably rather you not get a new job right now.
#8
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I've been doing this for about a quarter of a century and flown with many pilots who quit logging flight time, quit renewing their CFI, etc. Let this be a cautionary tail. Quit logging flight time after you turn 65, 67, 82 or whatever the retirement age ends up being. You never know what's going to happen in the future.
#9
How can they not have you records?
They need to keep track of your currencies and your max allowable 30/60/90/365 days.
Anyway, pay records should have number of hours.
Unless they don’t have pay records either *slow eye-roll*
They need to keep track of your currencies and your max allowable 30/60/90/365 days.
Anyway, pay records should have number of hours.
Unless they don’t have pay records either *slow eye-roll*
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Hi guys, I am currently a CA at a major. I am looking to leave for a large major. I never thought I'd leave 8 years ago and stopped logging my flights. I asked our records dept if I could get a copy of my flight records and they are telling me they don't have any for flights, only training events. I have picture-perfect logbooks for 5,500 hours of flying. Just not the last 8 years.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
Any advice would be appreciated! Should I recreate it to the best of my abilities and be ready to explain my lapse of judgment? Create an estimated total?
Thanks so much.
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