Logging Time
#11
The simplest reality check an interviewer will perform is SE + ME = TT. If that equation does not hold up, things are going to go downhill.
The usual deal with airlines is they want a breakdown of:
- PIC, but excluding dual received OR given. This would be your actual flying time with no instruction occuring.
- SIC
- Dual Given
- Dual Received
There's no particular way they should add up, but a very high amount of dual received might not be good...this could indicate either a very slow learner (who will not complete 121 training) or some very "creative" time building.
Recall that JFK junior had a very large amount of instruction towards his IR, but no rating to show for it...
The usual deal with airlines is they want a breakdown of:
- PIC, but excluding dual received OR given. This would be your actual flying time with no instruction occuring.
- SIC
- Dual Given
- Dual Received
There's no particular way they should add up, but a very high amount of dual received might not be good...this could indicate either a very slow learner (who will not complete 121 training) or some very "creative" time building.
Recall that JFK junior had a very large amount of instruction towards his IR, but no rating to show for it...
#12
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I don't understand this math... how is that supposed to equal to TT? For example, the vast majority of instrument and commercial students are logging both PIC and Dual for their training. That alone will prevent that calculation from working.
For example, my logbook has these approx. numbers:
Solo: 50
PIC: 350
SIC: 0
Dual: 250
TT: 450
Doing your calculation puts my combined time at 200 hours over my TT, because a good part of my PIC was during training and is also logged as Dual.
Maybe I'm just not understanding what you're saying, but I can't figure out how all those numbers would add up to TT for anyone?
For example, my logbook has these approx. numbers:
Solo: 50
PIC: 350
SIC: 0
Dual: 250
TT: 450
Doing your calculation puts my combined time at 200 hours over my TT, because a good part of my PIC was during training and is also logged as Dual.
Maybe I'm just not understanding what you're saying, but I can't figure out how all those numbers would add up to TT for anyone?
#13
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What I would do, after you finish filling up your current page in your logbook, is subtract the total "dual" received in FTDs from your current total dual received. That should give you your total dual-airplane time. Then adjust your dual column accordingly in the totals at the bottom of the page to reflect your total dual-airplane time. Do the same for total time and cross-country time if you logged it in those columns as well. Also, put a note in the bottom margin of the page that says something to the effect of, "Dual, cross-country, and total time has been adjusted X hours for dual, cross-country, and total time logged in FTDs." Then date and initial the note. Now you can start on a new page with the correct numbers and your times should add up as rick mentioned earlier.
I made a similar mistake when I was going through my instrument (which an examiner caught) and I adjusted for it and made the note at the bottom. It's a lot easier and makes your logbook look a lot cleaner than if you were to go in there and green all of it out. No one mentioned it when I interviewed with several airlines earlier this year and I got hired.
I made a similar mistake when I was going through my instrument (which an examiner caught) and I adjusted for it and made the note at the bottom. It's a lot easier and makes your logbook look a lot cleaner than if you were to go in there and green all of it out. No one mentioned it when I interviewed with several airlines earlier this year and I got hired.
The interesting thing is our FSDO people tell us that you're supposed to log the FTD time in the Dual column, and then subtract it out when you do the 8710. Just goes to show you that depending on who you ask (even/especially with the FAA), you'll always get 5 different answers
#14
We've had instrutors from my school get hired by most of the regionals with their student time logged this way (not to be confused with CFI time... no CFI's log anything to do with the sims, unless it's for their own currency). The student logs Sim and Dual, and nothing else (no X/C, no TT, etc).
To get hired right now at a regional takes a pulse and not much else. They are desperate for guys even with some of them slowing down. The major interview is a totally different ballgame. They can afford to be picky and perceived errors in a logbook tell them right away you don't have a detail for accuracy. It won't matter to them that the logging of flight time may have been correct. You may not even make it to the interview to find that out.
Remember, this logging of 50 to 100 extra hours of PIC now seems like a lot but won't matter later when it really counts. That's all I'm sayin'.
#15
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I'm still trying to figure out how Solo+PIC+SIC+Dual would ever equal TT. I would think that would be higher than TT for everyone due to logging PIC and Dual for most of your flight training (completely setting aside the question about sims for a minute).
#16
Typically its not an issue. If you have to ask..you dont have enough hours.
By the time most are looking for a solid job (does that even exist?) your 100 hours of dual recieved and maybe 20 of sim time are the needle in the haystack of your multi thousands of hours.
By the time most are looking for a solid job (does that even exist?) your 100 hours of dual recieved and maybe 20 of sim time are the needle in the haystack of your multi thousands of hours.
#17
Huh? Maybe we're just saying the same thing in different ways. No one is logging PIC time in the sim... it's logged as Sim and Dual.
I'm still trying to figure out how Solo+PIC+SIC+Dual would ever equal TT. I would think that would be higher than TT for everyone due to logging PIC and Dual for most of your flight training (completely setting aside the question about sims for a minute).
I'm still trying to figure out how Solo+PIC+SIC+Dual would ever equal TT. I would think that would be higher than TT for everyone due to logging PIC and Dual for most of your flight training (completely setting aside the question about sims for a minute).
Log however you want. I am just trying to keep you out of a bind someday. Also, I would rather make a correction at 500 or 1000 TT when you haven't filled out an entire logbook than on the last page of your current logbook just prior to attending the interview. Interviewers look for accuracy and attention to detail. Any chance they find to see how you explain something opens the door to them not liking your answer.
#18
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So what you're saying is that you don't think an Instrument or Commercial, or even CFI/I student should log both Dual and PIC? If so, that's an interpretation of the regs I've never seen before. The way I understand things, in a Part 61 or 141 training environment, both the CFI and the student will log PIC, as long as the student is rated for the aircraft.
#19
So what you're saying is that you don't think an Instrument or Commercial, or even CFI/I student should log both Dual and PIC? If so, that's an interpretation of the regs I've never seen before. The way I understand things, in a Part 61 or 141 training environment, both the CFI and the student will log PIC, as long as the student is rated for the aircraft.
Cheers.
#20
(h) Logging training time. (1) A person may log training time when that person receives training from an authorized instructor in an aircraft, flight simulator, or flight training device.
(2) The training time must be logged in a logbook and must:
(i) Be endorsed in a legible manner by the authorized instructor; and
(ii) Include a description of the training given, the length of the training lesson, and the authorized instructor's signature, certificate number, and certificate expiration date
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