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proskuneho 09-16-2008 09:03 PM


Originally Posted by mcartier713 (Post 462352)
that's a good idea... i might jump on that train.

anyone done this with safelog?

AND does anyone have any actual pictures of their printed out electric logbooks? i want to get some ideas.

I second that question. I also have Safelog and am curious how best to present that...

JetFlyer06 09-17-2008 02:48 AM

I'll get a pic up of mine ASAP. I use Logbook Pro though.

Spaceman Spliff 09-17-2008 12:45 PM


Originally Posted by JetFlyer06 (Post 461601)
Call Scott Leather and order a custom landscape leather binder with your name embossed for around $70.

Funny, I put my printed electronic logbook in a $3 plastic binder and got hired at all three places I interviewed. I don't really think they care how much you spent, as long as it looks neat and (most importantly) your times add up. I would absolutely not spend 70 bones on a binder. You'll need it when you're on probation.

USMCFLYR 09-17-2008 01:02 PM

Has anyone answered the question yet as to whether the pages of the electronic logbook need to be signed? My question is if I have the originals present - all I'm presenting is a easier to read version.

USMCFLYR

Lori Clark 10-07-2008 07:23 AM


Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 463390)
Has anyone answered the question yet as to whether the pages of the electronic logbook need to be signed? My question is if I have the originals present - all I'm presenting is a easier to read version.

USMCFLYR

Yes, they absolutely must be signed. By signing you are attesting to their validity. What if the interviewer doesn't crack the originals so he/she doesn't notice they are the same? Don't risk it - this is representative of YOU. Do you want them to think you are lazy? Don't care? Don't pay attention to detail?

USMCFLYR 10-07-2008 08:47 AM


Originally Posted by Lori Clark (Post 474874)
Yes, they absolutely must be signed. By signing you are attesting to their validity. What if the interviewer doesn't crack the originals so he/she doesn't notice they are the same? Don't risk it - this is representative of YOU. Do you want them to think you are lazy? Don't care? Don't pay attention to detail?

Lori -

Don't care or don't pay attention to detail - wow! That would be the impression?
I spent a lot of time and effort to put 22 years of flying into a computer database.
Absolutely it is representative of ME. That is why I took those civilian logbooks and military logbooks and printed them all out in a binder and made sure that everything was accurate.
I guess my question is on whether that has now become my **official** record - which is what would need to be signed.
So on your advice when I go back to sign the approx. 300 pages of my electronic logbook - do I need other signatures as well? In my military logbooks I have an authorized representative sign off the fiscal year totals.

USMCFLYR

Wildflyin 10-07-2008 10:39 AM

Will employers care if a logbook has a decent amount of white-out? Mine does thanks to an instructor back in the day who made some errors in my book. I hate sounding like I am passing the buck, but that is how it happened. Everything is corrected and the numbers add up, it just doesn't look all that nice.

rickair7777 10-07-2008 03:28 PM


Originally Posted by Wildflyin (Post 475001)
Will employers care if a logbook has a decent amount of white-out? Mine does thanks to an instructor back in the day who made some errors in my book. I hate sounding like I am passing the buck, but that is how it happened. Everything is corrected and the numbers add up, it just doesn't look all that nice.

I have used whiteout, and it never seemed to hurt. Some folks will say that you should use a single line-out and initial it.

I don't use whiteout for old errors that have been carried over many pages...that gets too confusing. For those I make a corrective entry on the next available line, with today's date, an explanation in the remarks section.

Lori Clark 10-07-2008 03:32 PM


Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 474927)
Lori -

Don't care or don't pay attention to detail - wow! That would be the impression?

Yup - you got it! Actions, or lack of action in this case, speak to people's tendencies. If you are that lax with your own logbook then how will you be with paperwork when you are representing the company?

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 474927)
I spent a lot of time and effort to put 22 years of flying into a computer database.
Absolutely it is representative of ME. That is why I took those civilian logbooks and military logbooks and printed them all out in a binder and made sure that everything was accurate.
I guess my question is on whether that has now become my **official** record - which is what would need to be signed.
So on your advice when I go back to sign the approx. 300 pages of my electronic logbook - do I need other signatures as well?

Nope, your original logs that contain those signatures is perfect. The purpose for you signing your electronic log is that it is your word - and you are attesting that your word is truthful and accurate.

Originally Posted by USMCFLYR (Post 474927)
In my military logbooks I have an authorized representative sign off the fiscal year totals.

USMCFLYR


Lori Clark 10-07-2008 03:33 PM


Originally Posted by Wildflyin (Post 475001)
Will employers care if a logbook has a decent amount of white-out? Mine does thanks to an instructor back in the day who made some errors in my book. I hate sounding like I am passing the buck, but that is how it happened. Everything is corrected and the numbers add up, it just doesn't look all that nice.

What's done is done - don't sweat the little stuff. white out is common to find early on in people's logbooks. You're not alone....


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