Hovernut

If you have a Mac, give a look at coradine.com and their LogTenPro program. They have an iPhone version, too.

Boomer

Every time I report for a trip I get a printout (flight numbers, cities, scheduled flighttimes, etc.) and as I fly the trip I scribble tail numbers and landings on that sheet.

Like UnlimitedAkro, I also make a second set of printouts at the end of the month that will have the actual flighttimes on it.

I sit down every couple months and use the first printout for all the boxes except the actual block time, which I get from the second printout.

The only catch is not losing the half-dozen sheets you've collected during the month. Find what works for you and you're all set.

Presto, no empty boxes.

paxhauler85

It's pretty easy to buy a $5 pilot log, and write the basic info in it following each flight.

Flight #, tail #, city-pair, out/in times, inst., night, blk and an appr if applicable. Most days (VFR, daytime) it takes me about 30 seconds. If you're lucky enough to keep the same airplane all day, you can draw a line with an arrow through the tail # column.

DublinFlyer

I use LogTen Pro on my MacBook Pro, but I have a BlackBerry phone. Unfortunately I haven't found any software for the BlackBerry that will do the same job as LogTen Pro, and they certainly aren't compatible. My BB just died the other day so I'm having a new one sent to me tomorrow, but in the future (you guys know how cell phone contracts are, and how much phones cost! eek!) I'm going to get an iPhone for that very purpose.

In the meantime, does anyone have any suggestions on how I can use my BlackBerry 8830 from Verizon to do my daily logbook stuff in the airplane?





--- My system is fairly simple. I just spent 2 hours updating my master logbook and my LogTen Pro on the computer today for the past month. I print up all my trips, verify the times with any notes I have made, verify the airplane registration, then enter it in my Master Log Book, then go back and enter all those flights into the computer logbook. It's time consuming, but eventually I'd like to do away with the paper logbook all together and have a few copies of my computer logbook stored someplace as I can always print up the very same Jepp logbook pages from the computer. I dunno, it's a pain in the ass.

flyvne1971

Keep this in mind...

I only keep a paper log book and not a computer one. I put used up log books in a safe deposit box. Why? What I have been told is employers want to see the traditional logbook. And all the folks that keep an electronic log book also keep a paper one as well (or so I have been told). I think it is a little dum but that is just me...

Jetcap37

Flight Level Logbook is what I use and I fill it out after I fly.
I do not use paper copy, haven't for about 6 years now. I do print out my Flight Level Logbook every so many months. I haven't interviewed in many years, but interviews I give I am fine with electronic logbooks. We do live in 21st century and I doubt there is still companies out there that only accept paper logbooks.

flyvne1971

I don't not believe what you are saying but a while back on another thread this subject came up and they all made it perfectly clear that I needed to keep both a traditional and electronic log book that they would print out and sign. I mentioned that I thought it was stupid and a wast of time to keep your flight time in two different forms. But they stood by what they were saying.

I don't know what to do now. Why can't this crap be clear.

somertime32

it's simple.....fill out your logbook like you always have. If you want to do an electronic one make sure you have some sort of backup. I print off a pairing at the beginning of the trip or when anything changes. When I get home I fill out my logbook off of what is stored on our company computers.

bryris

I use logbook pro. My paper log isn't even close to current, but I log my flights in logbook pro every leg. I keep multiple backups, including a backup copy uploaded to an off site FTP sever. I've got backups on 2 separate computers too. So if anything crashes, I won't be out too much information.

A paper log can always burn up in a fire. Electronic is easily transferred offsite, saved, stored, and accessed. Considering the year we are in, I think electronic is perfectly safe as a sole means.

Outlaw2097

Ive got my paper logbook and then scan it whenever the pages fill up.

Store a copy on the computer, email myself a copy, and put a copy on a jump drive.