Logbook Question: Ink vs Pencil?
12-08-2017, 10:02 AM
#11
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I’m going to go out on a limb here and say this is wildly speculated opinion. I have both. Neither of them makes me more professional.
12-08-2017, 12:32 PM
#12
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You need paper up until all your ratings are done. You can go digital once you get to 121.
12-08-2017, 02:32 PM
#13
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Do you really think that the person doing you interview wants to see your messy, dirty, AvGas covered logbook from flight training with 100 errors in it? Nope. Bring it with you for reference, but put everything in a nice, neat, professional digital logbook that you print and bring with you. They may glance at the old logbooks, but they will thank you for giving them something that they can actually read.
12-08-2017, 03:47 PM
#14
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My paper logbook has pencil totals. My electronic logbook was printed for interview purposes. I'm batting 1.000 in airline interviews.
It's *your* logbook. Do what you think is best. As long as it's neat and professional it will be fine.
It's *your* logbook. Do what you think is best. As long as it's neat and professional it will be fine.
12-09-2017, 07:15 AM
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Absolutely try this first. If they don't ask for the paper books, don't get them out. I wouldn't even put them on the table, keep them in your briefcase out of sight. If you get away with it, great. There's no upside to showing the paper books, only downside. But be prepared to show and explain the paper books.
12-09-2017, 07:19 AM
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Last interview I attended I brought a small canvas bag with about 30 logbooks, the most recent on top. The interviewers just looked at the case, picked up the latest book and looked at the totals. All in all a few minutes. Never had anyone want to go through all of those logs.
12-09-2017, 08:44 AM
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Last interview I attended I brought a small canvas bag with about 30 logbooks, the most recent on top. The interviewers just looked at the case, picked up the latest book and looked at the totals. All in all a few minutes. Never had anyone want to go through all of those logs.
If you're mil or 121, they have years of "known quantity" book-ended with PRIA docs. If you're corporate or have 91 mixed in, they may want to validate that you're who and what you claim to be.
But I'm talking majors, especially legacies, not regionals.
12-09-2017, 01:37 PM
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