Logging by pairing instead of leg by leg?
03-09-2018 | 10:45 AM
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Logging by pairing instead of leg by leg?
I'm sure we've all ended up here....you look back after 3 years after not logging anything and think, "Its time to update."
Is it frowned upon to put in entries into an electronic logbook by pairing, then total time, IMC and all that then in notes maybe put the routing?
Is it frowned upon to put in entries into an electronic logbook by pairing, then total time, IMC and all that then in notes maybe put the routing?
03-09-2018 | 11:03 AM
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I'm sure we've all ended up here....you look back after 3 years after not logging anything and think, "Its time to update."
Is it frowned upon to put in entries into an electronic logbook by pairing, then total time, IMC and all that then in notes maybe put the routing?
Is it frowned upon to put in entries into an electronic logbook by pairing, then total time, IMC and all that then in notes maybe put the routing?
03-09-2018 | 11:07 AM
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03-09-2018 | 08:36 PM
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I tried doing that, but I was still doing applications that occasionally needed a count of flights not just hours, so I gave up and typed in every flight individually.
That said, my logbook software (logbook pro) has a specific way to enter in multi-leg trips as a single entry so it can't be that uncommon of a thing. It just didn't work for me trying to rationalize my logbook containing private pilot, military, and 121 flights for different applications that all wanted the hours and flights broken out differently.
That said, my logbook software (logbook pro) has a specific way to enter in multi-leg trips as a single entry so it can't be that uncommon of a thing. It just didn't work for me trying to rationalize my logbook containing private pilot, military, and 121 flights for different applications that all wanted the hours and flights broken out differently.
03-10-2018 | 09:26 AM
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I do trip by trip now. I made the switch when I hit 10,000 hours. I think it's a reasonable milestone. After 10,000 hours, does it truly even matter? I feel I can easily explain this in an interview.
At this point, I update my book every 2 years on average. I just don't care. I wish I could stop altogether, but am just not that confident yet.
At this point, I update my book every 2 years on average. I just don't care. I wish I could stop altogether, but am just not that confident yet.
03-10-2018 | 12:14 PM
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I tried doing that, but I was still doing applications that occasionally needed a count of flights not just hours, so I gave up and typed in every flight individually.
That said, my logbook software (logbook pro) has a specific way to enter in multi-leg trips as a single entry so it can't be that uncommon of a thing. It just didn't work for me trying to rationalize my logbook containing private pilot, military, and 121 flights for different applications that all wanted the hours and flights broken out differently.
That said, my logbook software (logbook pro) has a specific way to enter in multi-leg trips as a single entry so it can't be that uncommon of a thing. It just didn't work for me trying to rationalize my logbook containing private pilot, military, and 121 flights for different applications that all wanted the hours and flights broken out differently.
When I used to keep the same a/c for a full day of flying I did it day by day or at acft swap, whichever came first. When I went to a place where plane swaps were the norm I went to leg by leg.
03-10-2018 | 01:38 PM
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You can always present your time in a less detailed format than the way you actually logged it, but not more. That is why I log leg by leg (including night, IMC, etc.), and I have no idea how I could have filled out my last few applications' time grids without that. Of course I can always guesstimate, but I don't want to give that as an explanation if I'm ever called on to provide one.
Maybe once at that final destination job I'll change to something less cumbersome, but not until then.
Maybe once at that final destination job I'll change to something less cumbersome, but not until then.
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