Lost original logbook. Upcoming interview.
 

Hi all. I have an interview coming up with Delta and another Legacy airline. I have about a month to go, but wanted to get a jump start on getting ready. Between moving a hundred times in the last few years, I’m having a hard time finding my original logbook from all my primary training. I have it all transcribed line by line into my electronic log, but that’s obviously not the original. If worst comes to worst and I can’t track it down, how big of a deal is this?

thanks.

Pay for an interview prep and ask them. Most of them have been prior interviewers and will have a better answer than any of us.

id request your full airman file from the FAA, that’ll cover most of your endorsements for check rides that’s most about what they care about for primary training. They know your hours have been vetted before at checkrides and previous employers.

id still do interview prep and ask them as well. It takes time to get your file so I’d do the asap

You need to order a certified copy of your complete airmen file from the FAA. It takes a little while to get so do that now. Hopefully, you've filled in at least your total time on various 8710's throughout the years. Those are official documents and presumably verified at each checkride, thus are considered as good as your original logbook. Gather them in a nice folder or binder, labeled, and make sure they correspond with your electronic logbook presentation. Interviewers are interested in verifying the accuracy of your flight time, and looking for evidence of checkride failures. Your 8710 history answers both of those. I had a similar situation and expected it to be a focal point during the interviews - wasn't even brought up and I received a CJO from each of the 3 majors I interviewed with. As long as you're proactive and thorough about addressing it, it's not a big deal.

Why not ask the “ light chop experts “ over on big D s forum ?? See what kind of advice they give you.

yeah I realized I posted in the wrong forum… United is the aforementioned other Legacy

All of the above answers are correct. I had my primary logbook stolen from my car (flight bag). I created a new logbook start page with FAA records from 8710’s. I had also filed a police report and documented the report number on the logbook title page with a notary stamp. May have been overkill, but I wanted it to be as documented as possible.

I agree that would be the ideal thing to do but I can tell you it takes a minimum of 3 months but more like 6 months to get that from the FAA. I believe it took 6 months when I ordered them.

I actually got sent home from my first interview because the person did not like the fact that I had taken my original logbooks endorsements and put them in my digital logbook that was printed and bound.
I had to go back for a different interview 2 weeks later with my originals. Cost me about 100 numbers in the end.

Exactly. Even in this brave new world of hiring, good luck at Delta Air (space) Lines with that....

As others pointed out, you need to request your full airman record from the FAA…. You will get all of your 8710s from them for every check/type ride that you’ve had. I would then put all of your 8710s in a nice binder… I had my original logbook stolen when my car was broken into. After that, I maintained a copy of my 8710s and comply of my police report that highlights that my logbook was stolen.