Messed up Logbook
 

What would you do if your logbook had a bunch of errors in it? Re-create the entire logbook, if so, how would you handle the endorsements and/or practical test sign-offs? What about giving up on the 'written' logbook and keeping an electronic one such as Logbook Pro, which gives you the option of printing out a Jeppesen-style logbook whenever needed? Would recruiters, airlines, small charter companies, or anywhere else you'd look for a job accept a printed logbook???

Thanks for any input.

Put a correction line in that corrects all the hours. Put asterisks next to the entries that were corrected by the correction line adjustment. If you want to get really detailed, print out a large sticker that lists each entry and the correction that had to be made and stick it in the back.

I've heard from people that do interviews that nobody cares about your corrections, as long as your logbook is correct and the adjustments look neat and professional.

I had a bunch of PIC time logged by an instructor that wasn't legal PIC time. I simply did a correction. I've been asked about it on both airline interviews, but when explained it was no problem.

Whatever you do, do NOT use whiteout. Just strike a line line through anything you want to remove and initial it. If they can see the error in plain sight there is less chance of them thinking you're pencil-whipping time.

Don't go change any original entries and then have to re-total your book. You will also not be able to recreate your book unless ALL of your CFI's are readily available to redo endorsements and re-sign dual flights.

Like blastoff said, do "journal entries"...find each error, and then for each error make an entry (today's date) correcting the time (might be a negative value) and in the comments put a note to explain the correction. Ex. "Corrrection for Math Error on 5/7/2007"

I had a few of these to do myself after I transitioned to an electronic logbook :rolleyes:

So, Rickair, you transitioned to an electronic logbook? Do you only keep the ebook, or do you have both? And would interviewers want your original logbooks, or would a printout from an ebook be satifactory?

I use both at the moment.
The electronic one is gold for bringing up statistics or specific airplanes hours etc, while the physical one is nice for the endorsements etc

I have never seen a logbook without errors interviewing for pilots. It's expected. In fact, I would be suspicious of a logbook without any errors. However, it is nice to see a one-time correction.

As was suggested, now that you "know", go through your book lining out - no whiteout - your errors and then making a one line "journal" style entry to make the corrections to your totals. You probably won't even be asked about it.

As an interviewer I prefer to see your original logbooks because I do want to review the endorsements. If you don't bring them to the interview, we would ask you to provide them for review before a offer was extended. To be honest, I have never had anyone not bring them.

Ok, how about errors that involve flights that were forgotten to be put in. I've recently come across a little error. I've had some CFI '141 checkouts' that I had forgotten to log in my book. Some more than 4 months ago. How would you handle that? Should I just forget about logging them, or enter them on the next available line even though they're months behind?

Do they have to be in your logbook? In those cases, what's a few hours that you knew you flew, but aren't in the book. I guess you could just put the entry in there, it'd be an obvious back-log, but if you really want to count those hours then you could put them in as the next new entry.

If it's just a couple of hours, forget it. They don't matter. What's more important is to list on your resume that you perform check airman duties under 141 at your flight school. Do you hold a 141 LOA? That's more important than a couple of hours missed...