GA on days off (logbook question)
09-02-2018, 10:37 AM
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GA on days off (logbook question)
Hey all, I'm thinking about getting back into the GA world on my days off so I can start taking the family and friends on some rides and maybe some shorter vacations. Question is, how would you recommend logging this flight time? I'd rather not add it to my professional logbook because it would be a pain to calculate every page. Does anyone keep 2 separate logbooks, perhaps one for GA checkouts/BFR purposes and another for their professional hours? Just hoping to get some opinions. Thanks for the thoughts!
09-02-2018, 11:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Hatrick32
Hey all, I'm thinking about getting back into the GA world on my days off so I can start taking the family and friends on some rides and maybe some shorter vacations. Question is, how would you recommend logging this flight time? I'd rather not add it to my professional logbook because it would be a pain to calculate every page. Does anyone keep 2 separate logbooks, perhaps one for GA checkouts/BFR purposes and another for their professional hours? Just hoping to get some opinions. Thanks for the thoughts!
09-02-2018, 11:43 AM
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^^^True, but the OP will need an aircraft check-out with a CFI, in order to meet the flight school/club insurance requirements. The aircraft check-out frequently includes a Flight Review per 14 CFR 61.56. Not a big issue... Go have fun and keep your eyes peeled for other G/A traffic! You will miss not having TCAS, I guarantee it!
09-02-2018, 11:47 AM
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I keep an e-logbook, with every flight.
I still keep the paper book for this sort of thing (GA endorsements). Any GA flying gets an individual entry in the paper book. I then log all 121 time with one annual entry (assuming same type). I do that after 31 Dec.
That way the totals match on both logbooks, and I could bring them to intrviews without opening a can of worms. Some employers like to see all of the history, training endorsements, etc). Everybody uses an ebook, but it's cleaner if you can bring both and they match.
I still keep the paper book for this sort of thing (GA endorsements). Any GA flying gets an individual entry in the paper book. I then log all 121 time with one annual entry (assuming same type). I do that after 31 Dec.
That way the totals match on both logbooks, and I could bring them to intrviews without opening a can of worms. Some employers like to see all of the history, training endorsements, etc). Everybody uses an ebook, but it's cleaner if you can bring both and they match.
09-02-2018, 10:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Hatrick32
Hey all, I'm thinking about getting back into the GA world on my days off so I can start taking the family and friends on some rides and maybe some shorter vacations. Question is, how would you recommend logging this flight time? I'd rather not add it to my professional logbook because it would be a pain to calculate every page. Does anyone keep 2 separate logbooks, perhaps one for GA checkouts/BFR purposes and another for their professional hours? Just hoping to get some opinions. Thanks for the thoughts!
It's flight time. Log it. If you feel the need to separate it for some reason, you have a column. You have margins. It's really not that hard to carry a total for a particular column from one page to another.
09-03-2018, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnBurke
Sounds ridiculous.
It's flight time. Log it. If you feel the need to separate it for some reason, you have a column. You have margins. It's really not that hard to carry a total for a particular column from one page to another.
It's flight time. Log it. If you feel the need to separate it for some reason, you have a column. You have margins. It's really not that hard to carry a total for a particular column from one page to another.
I use Google sheets.
I log my Jep pro paper log each line by the month. Ea page a year with two empty rows or 1 empty row and 1 ga year totals. It looks pretty.
To the OP, iirc a log book is not required. You could use a piece of notebook paper and as long as you record the things in p61 and keep endorsements
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