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Old 11-13-2023, 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777 View Post
No, it's not on purpose. For FAA purposes, you can log time THEIR way, even military time.

If you didn't do that, and have to rely on mil records then you'll come up shorter than what you were entitled to (for FAA purposes).

The problem here is that retroactively applying a conversion factor years after the fact is "estimating" and may not technically rise to the level of "logged" flight time as specified in the regs. That might get you in trouble. IMO that would be personality dependent with whoever was looking at it. If it were me (prior DPE) I'd consider it reasonable if you could aticulate your normal mission profile, flght vs. ground time.
Yes. Absolutely need to explain, articulate, show an example, and prove that you are probably leaving flight time on the table by being conservative. I totally agree. I am just saying there is no FAR specifically stating how to log flight time. That leaves a huge hole for a little wriggle room to be sensibly applied and accepted. Let's face it, you are getting ripped off on mil flight time, especially if you are in a platform with a lot of on deck time in the airplane prior to and after a mission. Used to be it wasn't an issue, but these days guys are leaving their first tour with 600 hours.
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