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Originally Posted by FLY6584
Did anyone include "Other" time when they were the Aircraft Commander and signing for the jet? And if so did it come up in your interview?
I was a prior FAIP who went straight to the left seat of a 707 and spent the majority of my flight time deployed as an Aircraft Commander so I totalled my Primary and Secondary time and multiplied that by 90% to calculate my PIC time. Whatever was left over I logged as SIC. I'm wondering if it would be ok to multiply my "Other" time by 90% and include that towards my PIC and Total Time? I know the remaining 10% of "Other" time isn't worth anything and will not be included, but I'd like to know if this would be an accepted technique considering airlines care most about who signed for the jet.
I'll offer an opinion with the caveat that I haven't interviewed with anyone yet.
I've researched this issue quite a bit. If you signed for the jet (A-code), then you're the PIC and can log the entire sortie duration as such regardless of any "other" time logged on the 781. If you instructed or evaluated, that time counts as PIC too, although AirlineApps has you break out your IP time separately. If you weren't the A-code, or instructing/evaluating, I would log SIC for any primary/secondary time logged, and I would NOT count "other" time from those sorties for anything. If you do that, there will be a slight disconnect between your ARMS flying history report and the hours reported on your app, and you will probably have to explain that in the interview. However, in my opinion, that's better than risking the perception that you're padding your hours.
A friend of mine interviewed this Fall, and when he explained why the hours on his application were a little less than what the Air Force had on his flying history report, the guy running the interview had him add his "other" time back to his application and initial the change. However, I would let them make that call at the interview rather than assume that the people conducting your interview hold the same opinion on the subject as the people who interviewed my friend.
Bottom line is that you often can log "other" time as PIC or SIC, but be careful and if in doubt, don't count it.
Unfortunately I can't offer any advice on how to apply the 90% rule, since I kept my own personal logbook (Logbook Pro) and logged each sortie exactly as it was flown, so I didn't use any mathematical conversions on my flight time (except for the .3 conversion that SWA asks for).
Hope that helps... Good luck!