UNDGUY

I would like to get some opinions from people who have been there and done that. I am a new FO at a regional with plans of moving on to bigger and better in the future. How will other airlines want me to log my flight time when it comes time to interview again? Should I be logging every leg of every trip on seperate lines in my "master log." Should I be logging such things as night, actual instrument? I was told by my IOE instructor that I could just keep a record of my totals for each month in my master log. Add one line for each month with just my flight totals and keep each leg of each trip in the small pocket sized log books in case someone wants me to prove my times. I'm just starting out so I want to get it right before I start marking up my logbook.

Thanks,

UNDGUY

Slice

I normally used one line per day. And yes, I'd be as detailed as possible with the sub categories.

The Juice

One line per day and log all your night, actual, X-country, etc....

utedrummer

I started logging by the trip but even then that took FOREVER. I now log monthly and keep track on my seq. sheets on what legs i flew, IMC, approches, etc and put that in the remarks section. IF i need a leg-by-leg detailed printout I can get one from the company (for a limited time I know...)

FlyerJosh

Personally, I still keep a flight by flight log. (But that's just me- and I only keep an electronic logbook).

At the bare minimum, any time that you change aircraft that you change aircraft tail numbers, you should change your logbook line. Sequence sheets and little black/red logbooks are too easy to lose (IMHO).

I also kept track of the crewmembers that I flew with in my logbook notes column.

reevesofskyking

I just log the day
and the lines where the aircraft changes and stuff like that I just add those in too. and then if it is at day with out dead heading anywhere, I use the to from colums and list all the airports that I went to.

For landings I just look at the time the day was flown. if it is day and night flying I put one landing in for day/night, all night or all day gets one landing. that is just for landing currency.
Then I take my paring print with me on each trip for two or three main reasons. Where I am going, how much time to I have for food or a ciggerette, and I just jot down the actual and/or approaches.

As of right now, if there is any data that I am missing, I can still go online and get for as long as i have been there.

For the pocket logs, I cannot seem to keep them for very long,
they either get bumbed behind the seat, down in the glove box, or I just plain ol forget it somewhere.

I just found it easier to do the way I do above.

I also make sure to update my logbook every two or three trips, that way most of the things that we had done that are noteworthy are still somewhat fresh in my mind. It also prevents me for spending a a whole day off sometime down the road just getting caught up on my logbook.

This also works out real well if you live by "something could always come up"
Makes it real easy to update a resume, I have had two or three times someone was interested in me just by talking to them, I can get back to the house or to my laptop and shoot one out in an email in five or ten minutes.

Just how I do it

Reeves

ExperimentalAB

Ditto on everything already said. Good advice...Keep a Crewlog w/you for every leg, and then update your Master Log every now and again. I use one line per day, airport to/from (where I started, where I ended), then the tail number of the first a/c I flew that day. Instrument time, night, app/landings, of course are all logged. Anything else noteworthy, my crew, and the other airports I visited are all thrown in the remarks.

ghilis101

keeping it as detailed as possible is your safest bet, especially if you one day want to work for an airline overseas that requires certified logbooks etc. it basically means youd be spending less time defending the validity of your logbook. the other ways are fine but why not log every leg when its just not that much work to do so?

UCLAbruins

Oh my friend, sit down and get comfortable, its gonna be a loooooooooong journey. You've joined the other 15,000 regional pilots with the same goal and aspirations.

At first you are happy and upbeat. You're flying a turbine powered airplane with passengers in the back. You're thinking, hum I'm going to be one of those fortunate guys who goes to a major from the right seat, won't even have to upgrade. 5 years later, perhaps a Captain then, you're thinking, where exactly did I go wrong, what the hell was I thinking, this is not what the brochure said. Get me out of this dump.

Been there, done that, got 3 shirts. Thank God NetJets picked me up, otherwise I would be on suicide watch just about now.......

ghilis101

haha how random was that post?