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02-27-2007 | 12:13 PM

Flyby1206

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Logging flight time

What columns do you guys log in your logbooks? As a regional 121 FO I have been doing Total time, multi, turbine, SIC, night, inst, landings and approaches. I am thinking about stopping logging of night, inst, landings and approaches. Will it help/hurt me in an interview? Thanks

02-27-2007 | 12:21 PM

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You should keep logging that stuff, otherwise it would look funny.

You must log the landings anyway, otherwise you will lose 121 currency!

To simplify night, I only log night time for legs that were flown entirely at night...so I don't have to split up legs.

Inst & approaches you definately want to log, most majors care at least a little (AK cares a lot).

02-27-2007 | 01:42 PM

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log everything bro, EVERYTHING

02-27-2007 | 02:12 PM

saab2000

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I log it all. Why stop? It's not that hard and it makes the logbook look better and more professional, like you actually care.

02-27-2007 | 02:36 PM

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The biggest question I had logging flight time when I got to the airline world was how frequent should the entries be? Do you guys do one leg per line? One day? One trip? What do you guys think?

02-27-2007 | 02:38 PM

Space Monkey

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Im still using the ASA standard pilot log book that I have been since my first flying lesson 12 years ago.... I just finished chewing through my second one... The only thing I'm doing differently is Im only using one line per day instead of per leg.....

02-27-2007 | 02:39 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by freezingflyboy

The biggest question I had logging flight time when I got to the airline world was how frequent should the entries be? Do you guys do one leg per line? One day? One trip? What do you guys think?

I do daily entries one line for the whole day of flying

02-27-2007 | 03:11 PM

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I only do one entry per month in my logbook. I keep track of my daily flying in the airline pilot daily logbook with paper backups.

02-27-2007 | 03:46 PM

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If you multiple turns in a day, how do you list that in the to-from section?...or do ya just write it in the remarks section?

or would it be like phx-lax-phx-den-phx (that can get really cluttered)

02-27-2007 | 04:25 PM

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If you multiple turns in a day, how do you list that in the to-from section?...or do ya just write it in the remarks section?

or would it be like phx-lax-phx-den-phx (that can get really cluttered)

I just write it in one line across the two columns for to-from. Gets tight on a 5 leg day but it works.

Example:

__TO__|__FROM__
IAH-MEM-EWR-SYR