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Old 09-07-2018, 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Cujo665 View Post
Does MCC watch your FDP limits, issue warnings when schedules exceed them, or watch your Pay ?
I think there is a way to set that up, but I have never used MCC for either of those. I only use it as a log book.
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Old 09-07-2018, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ninerdriver View Post
I did Excel for a while. Excel is good at collecting data, but not always so good at reporting it. It can't automatically sort by colors, for example, so it'll be hard to report on hours by plane unless you're familiar with tables and filters.

In the end, it's way worth your money for something like MCCpilotlog. I made that move a year ago, and I don't regret it for a minute.
Newer versions of Excel sort by colors very easily. You can also use macros to automatically create pivots based on colors. You can pretty much do anything with Excel that other reporting tools do. The difference is you have to actually program it in Excel using SQL language.
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Old 09-08-2018, 08:49 AM
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I will continue to beat the drum for myflightbook.com. it's free for starters but for $25/yr I get nightly backups into my dropbox folder.

It's a one man show who is very responsive to suggestions and bug reports. Exports and printing available to any number of formats.

The app supports both iOS and android as well.
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Old 09-10-2018, 07:31 AM
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I second LBP/APDL combo


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Old 09-11-2018, 04:58 AM
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Originally Posted by GuardPolice View Post
The main weakness comes when your airline’s bid period doesn’t coincide with the standard calendar month. That throws things off for me about half the year.
Change the dates in the pay section for the period you want. It’s pretty easy. It defaults to 1st to last, but is easily switched by tapping the date and changing it.

APDL & LBP are what a professional uses. APDL even pulls your OOOI from the web and throws it in for you.

With the new tax laws they may have to drop their price a little since it’s not a deduction anymore. Still worth it if you use all features. If not, LBP is fine and works well with the desktop.
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Originally Posted by Cujo665 View Post
Change the dates in the pay section for the period you want. It’s pretty easy. It defaults to 1st to last, but is easily switched by tapping the date and changing it.

APDL & LBP are what a professional uses. APDL even pulls your OOOI from the web and throws it in for you.

With the new tax laws they may have to drop their price a little since it’s not a deduction anymore. Still worth it if you use all features. If not, LBP is fine and works well with the desktop.

I know all this. I’ve been a beta tester for Neal for a long time.

As for changing the calendar dates, it still doesn’t work. Trips that carry over from one month to the next never get handled correctly from a pay perspective.
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Old 09-11-2018, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Cujo665 View Post

APDL & LBP are what a professional uses.
That's a bold statement that could be taken wrong.
I dont think ones choice of logbooks can determine ones professionalism.
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Old 09-12-2018, 05:36 AM
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Hello,
I’m looking to transition to an electronic logbook. In a previous job I logged flight time by the week due to the short duration of multiple flights in multiple aircraft per day.
Is there an electronic logbook that allows to enter a range of dates in the field instead of a single date?
Mccpilotlog does not have this capability. Just curious if there are any that do?

Thanks
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Old 10-02-2018, 07:07 AM
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I decided to use mccPILOTLOG for its cross platform integration. I've only used it for two months or so, but I am not impressed with a few of its quirks. I've been working some with support, but they seem to send mainly canned responses and they take a couple of days to respond, typically. I'm giving them one more shot and depending on how that goes, I may move to a different logbook and take the loss on what I paid to mccPILOTLOG.
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Originally Posted by kls81 View Post
Hello,
I’m looking to transition to an electronic logbook. In a previous job I logged flight time by the week due to the short duration of multiple flights in multiple aircraft per day.
Is there an electronic logbook that allows to enter a range of dates in the field instead of a single date?
Mccpilotlog does not have this capability. Just curious if there are any that do?

Thanks
Have you checked the regs on logging flights? That doesn’t sound correct. It may be, but I’ve never heard of logging multiple different tail numbers under a single entry. How do you handle departure/destination? Asking because it sure would be easier, but how do you deal with:

Sec. 61.51 — Pilot logbooks.

(a) Training time and aeronautical experience. Each person must document and record the following time in a manner acceptable to the Administrator:
(1) Training and aeronautical experience used to meet the requirements for a certificate, rating, or flight review of this part.

(2) The aeronautical experience required for meeting the recent flight experience requirements of this part.

(b) Logbook entries. For the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, each person must enter the following information for each flight or lesson logged:

(1) General—

(i) Date.

(ii) Total flight time or lesson time.

(iii) Location where the aircraft departed and arrived, or for lessons in a flight simulator or flight training device, the location where the lesson occurred.

(iv) Type and identification of aircraft, flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device, as appropriate.

(v) The name of a safety pilot, if required by §91.109(b) of this chapter.

(2) Type of pilot experience or training—

(i) Solo.

(ii) Pilot in command.

(iii) Second in command.

(iv) Flight and ground training received from an authorized instructor.

(v) Training received in a flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device from an authorized instructor.

(3) Conditions of flight—

(i) Day or night.

(ii) Actual instrument.

(iii) Simulated instrument conditions in flight, a flight simulator, flight training device, or aviation training device.

(iv) Use of night vision goggles in an aircraft in flight, in a flight simulator, or in a flight training device.
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