Presenting Logbooks at Interviews
09-16-2008 | 09:03 PM
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I second that question. I also have Safelog and am curious how best to present that...
09-17-2008 | 12:45 PM
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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.
09-17-2008 | 01:02 PM
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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.
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10-07-2008 | 07:23 AM
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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?
10-07-2008 | 08:47 AM
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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?
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.
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10-07-2008 | 10:39 AM
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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.
10-07-2008 | 03:28 PM
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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 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.
10-07-2008 | 03:32 PM
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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?
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?
10-07-2008 | 03:33 PM
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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.
