Best logbook software for CFI

Bandit_Driver said:
Really? different colored pens, writing in remarks about how bad you scared yourself, and which $100 hamburger ate, etc are nothing interviewers are interested in and could cost you a job. I had a paper log and it was kept in all one color of pen. When transferred into an e-log you always find simple math errors somewhere.
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Simple math errors? When I moved everything online I was astounded with how messy my book was.
 
poser765 said:
The awesome thing about a digital logbook is I can store my backup in MANY "clouds." I don't leave my backups in any one place. I have one in Dropbox, one in that I emailed to myself, and another stored locally. The idea that all three of those sources can be compromised is beyond reasonable paranoia.

That doesn't even address the fact that I have printed hard copies that are just a couple of months out of date.
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All that, which sounds like a real pain in the ass, and you still have printed copies.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
Really? different colored pens, writing in remarks about how bad you scared yourself, and which $100 hamburger ate, etc are nothing interviewers are interested in and could cost you a job. I had a paper log and it was kept in all one color of pen. When transferred into an e-log you always find simple math errors somewhere.
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I disagree. Your logbook is a de facto representation of your personality.
Messy and constant scribbles? Neat, single color entries...
A quick note about the first time you saw northern lights, or had a celebrity on a flight is a great ice breaker for the interviewer. Unless your interviewing at Southern Jets, to which you'll have to log lunar landings in NASA approved ink.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
Really? different colored pens, writing in remarks about how bad you scared yourself, and which $100 hamburger ate, etc are nothing interviewers are interested in and could cost you a job..
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Man, if flying just boils down to just that for you, then its going to be a long haul to 65 for ya....

Richman
 
mshunter said:
All that, which sounds like a real pain in the ass, and you still have printed copies.
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No really a pain in the ass at all. Hell the program I use pretty much does it for me, and even reminds me if I haven't done it in a while. And yeah I have paper copies. Mostly in order to have something to show the people at interviews. Once I land the last job i don't see any reason to keep a paper copy
 
Richman said:
Man, if flying just boils down to just that for you, then its going to be a long haul to 65 for ya....

Richman
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Rich far from it. However, I have been complimented on my printed log and written logs throughout my career, so I must be doing something right. The logbook you turn in, in my opinion, is a reflection of yourself at the interview. Similar to the clothes you choose to wear that day. You only get once chance to make an impression.
 
As someone said earlier your logbook is a reflection on you. A messy logbook with tons of errors? Shows a lack of attention to detail which is pretty important in our profession. Electronic is the only way to go in my opinion especially considering all the different ways every company wants flight time broken down these days. Having said that a lot of the guys interviewing at the majors are old school and like to see the printed logs. I brought both my hand written and printed electronic logbook to my interview and that was appreciated.
 
I have LogTen Pro X but how did you guys handle the training flights that are signed by the CFI in your paper logbook? Would I still have to bring my paper logbook to interviews since they show the signed training records?
 
flybywp said:
I have LogTen Pro X but how did you guys handle the training flights that are signed by the CFI in your paper logbook? Would I still have to bring my paper logbook to interviews since they show the signed training records?
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Every interview I've ever been to explicitly told me to bring ALL of my logbooks. So that's what I did. I bring my two old fashioned books and the new printed out book.
 
mshunter said:
When a guy who runs a cloud service, and has spent his entire adult life in IT, tells me to be careful what I put in the cloud, I listen.
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The neat thing about digital stuff is that you can make infinite copies of it and put them wherever you like.

-Fox
 
My paper logbooks are a disaster, since I started at 16 and never intended to fly for the airlines until recently. Moving to digital as my "source of truth" has made a tremendous difference in the fidelity of my numbers and records.

May cause me problems at later interviews... shrug. I'll deal with it. Too late now to look back.

Oh, and my attention to detail is fine. Doesn't mean I'm great at adding long columns of numbers—that's what computers do.

-Fox
 
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