Logbook Pro Question
04-12-2008 | 10:48 AM
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flycrj200, I found your comment interesting. When I was just starting out in this industry, and interviewing at my first 121 airline, I had over 300 hours of FTD time that I had kept track of (logged) in my log book. All of this time was without an instructor. At the time I had all sorts of "industry experts" telling me that I couldn't log this time in my log book, yet none of them could ever seem to tell me what FAR they were using to back up their assertion. Anyway, I got the job, as a low time pilot, and the chief pilot told me that one of things that impressed him about me was that I had taken the initiative to do all those practice approaches on my own, even though the sim time could not be credited towards any rating. So perhaps airlines do look at FTD time after all. Hmmm... Just a thought.
04-12-2008 | 11:00 AM
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flycrj200, I found your comment interesting. When I was just starting out in this industry, and interviewing at my first 121 airline, I had over 300 hours of FTD time that I had kept track of (logged) in my log book. All of this time was without an instructor. At the time I had all sorts of "industry experts" telling me that I couldn't log this time in my log book, yet none of them could ever seem to tell me what FAR they were using to back up their assertion. Anyway, I got the job, as a low time pilot, and the chief pilot told me that one of things that impressed him about me was that I had taken the initiative to do all those practice approaches on my own, even though the sim time could not be credited towards any rating. So perhaps airlines do look at FTD time after all. Hmmm... Just a thought.
I see no point in logging it. But hey, do whatever makes you happy.
04-12-2008 | 11:59 AM
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flycrj200, I found your comment interesting. When I was just starting out in this industry, and interviewing at my first 121 airline, I had over 300 hours of FTD time that I had kept track of (logged) in my log book. All of this time was without an instructor. At the time I had all sorts of "industry experts" telling me that I couldn't log this time in my log book, yet none of them could ever seem to tell me what FAR they were using to back up their assertion. Anyway, I got the job, as a low time pilot, and the chief pilot told me that one of things that impressed him about me was that I had taken the initiative to do all those practice approaches on my own, even though the sim time could not be credited towards any rating. So perhaps airlines do look at FTD time after all. Hmmm... Just a thought.
04-12-2008 | 01:24 PM
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flycrj200, I found your comment interesting. When I was just starting out in this industry, and interviewing at my first 121 airline, I had over 300 hours of FTD time that I had kept track of (logged) in my log book. All of this time was without an instructor. At the time I had all sorts of "industry experts" telling me that I couldn't log this time in my log book, yet none of them could ever seem to tell me what FAR they were using to back up their assertion. Anyway, I got the job, as a low time pilot, and the chief pilot told me that one of things that impressed him about me was that I had taken the initiative to do all those practice approaches on my own, even though the sim time could not be credited towards any rating. So perhaps airlines do look at FTD time after all. Hmmm... Just a thought.
04-12-2008 | 02:19 PM
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The airline at which I had that experience is a small, turboprop regional, and it was 11 years ago, not that it is relevant. By the way, it wasn't Mesa. Even back then, it was not known as a very good place to work.
I don't know if anyone logs MS sim time, I'm not the logbook police. I'll leave that to the FAA. Based on some of the instrument skills I have seen at the airline level ately, perhaps you're on to something.
As far as bringing that up in an airline interview, it could be construed as, similiar to your hypothetical question, silly.
I don't know if anyone logs MS sim time, I'm not the logbook police. I'll leave that to the FAA. Based on some of the instrument skills I have seen at the airline level ately, perhaps you're on to something.
As far as bringing that up in an airline interview, it could be construed as, similiar to your hypothetical question, silly.
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