If we are at an airport with no SID but the airport does have an ODP are we required to fly the ODP? I have been searching for this in the SOPM/FOM/OP Specs but haven't found anything yet.

Yes you are. Unless you specifically obtain a vmc climb clearance, to which you are then responsible to maintain vfr ad terrain separation.

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Yes. You need one of these:

1. SID/DP
2. Radar Vectors (tower assigned HDG)
3. ODP (if no ODP is published, you're in a very flat area and can turn direct on course).

You'll use an ODP most often at an uncontrolled field but if tower clears you for takeoff without an assigned a HDG or SID, you must still comply with the ODP (if published).

A VFR climb exempts you from the ODP, but you must still comply with the cleared route (ie no cutting corners). If you want to go direct somewhere in a VFR climb, ask for that specifically.

The FOM does not regurgitate all of the FAR/AIM, but those still apply.

Clears that up. Thank you.

Logging CTP sim time
 

I'm wrapping up the CTP sim course today in SLC and wondering how to log this time since I need it to get to 1500 hours for the ATP. My instructor had no guidance and says he generally does not sign log books and I've heard others say they don't even put it in their logbooks (hours are kept in SKW records and then added to our logbook total time?). I was going to just log it under my FTD/SIM column only but I thought we had to have an IGI (or authorized dude from certified program) to sign sim time in order to claim it?

Thanks!

you'll log sim time, multi time and total time. and in the remarks you need to put the session info like FTD of FFS and which one. the instructor does not need to sign

It doesn't go in total time - I know that. It can count towards Total Time for the ATP but it is not Total Flight Time. My OP was a little vague:

1) Do we need to enter it in our logs to meet 1500 or does SKW keep the record of it?

2) Do I need a signature?

1) §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.
.........

Key word there is "each person must document" So not Skywest, but you, and only if you need to count it towards ATP minimums, if you just need the CTP cert to take the written then you don't have to log the CTP sim time

2) no

Negative. CTP is a prerequisite of an ATP. You only need show that you completed a CTP. If you meet all the requirements of an ATP there is no requirement to log the CTP training. Logging sim time just muddies my log book. If it's not required, it ain't goin' in there.