Logbooks
11-18-2008, 04:45 AM
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Logbooks
Just wondering if airline pilots carry their logbook with them on every flight? Or what methods they use to back them up? Are they filled in after every flight or do you tally up numbers at the end of the month based on a report or something?
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11-18-2008, 05:10 AM
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Most guys carry either a pocket sized logbook or have some kind of logbook software (APDL) on their Blackberry and fill it out every leg, and then they carry it over to their paper or electronic logbook once a month or so. Everyone does it different.
11-18-2008, 05:23 AM
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I was thinking about the electronic route... A little leery about the web based options... What if the website just ceased to exist one day? I guess I could carry a laptop or something... I don't think I'd trust a blackberry too much... (Unless it synced with my PC with a RAID set at home or something...)
11-18-2008, 07:55 AM
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I print off a copy of my trips and times at the end of each month and file them into a mystery file that I use to update my logbook about once every 3 years or less.
Some pilots carry around a little book so they can write down a ton of numbers at the end of every single flight. These are usually the same pilots who have button pushing disorders.
I have found it takes me less time to get all my flight times printed on paper for the entire month than it takes them to write down their times for each leg of the day.
Some pilots carry around a little book so they can write down a ton of numbers at the end of every single flight. These are usually the same pilots who have button pushing disorders.
I have found it takes me less time to get all my flight times printed on paper for the entire month than it takes them to write down their times for each leg of the day.
11-18-2008, 08:15 AM
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The only thing the printouts will not tell you is instrument approaches, landings, and instrument flight time (there is not a logbook on the planet that is accurate on instrument flight time anyway). Also most airlines will not tell you which tail number aircraft you flew.
11-18-2008, 08:35 AM
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They tell you everything you need to know about how long the flight was supposed to be, and how long you actually flew. Most companies even do the math for you and tell you on each flight how many minutes less than scheduled, or more than scheduled flight time the flight took. The printouts also show you the totals from each trip and for the whole month if you are terrible at difficult things like adding numbers.
The only thing the printouts will not tell you is instrument approaches, landings, and instrument flight time (there is not a logbook on the planet that is accurate on instrument flight time anyway). Also most airlines will not tell you which tail number aircraft you flew.
The only thing the printouts will not tell you is instrument approaches, landings, and instrument flight time (there is not a logbook on the planet that is accurate on instrument flight time anyway). Also most airlines will not tell you which tail number aircraft you flew.
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