Best way to recover after losing logbook

Tommay85

Tommay85

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Long story short, an idiot passenger or pilot decided that my back pack and grocery bag full of donuts, cigarettes and mountain dew was indeed theirs. Thanks to uncooperative airport managers/police/flight departments, it looks like I'm not going to see it again. The bad part is that I had brought my logbook with that night to update it.

SO, my company has a copy of the last page of my logbook and all my flight time up to this point. What I'm thinking is to attach that copy somewhere, and just re-enter all the freight flying. FUN! Trying to do it with as little sloppyness as possible.

Thoughts? Other than "ZOMG YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE ELECTRONIC!"
 
Get your 8710's from training days, and any insurance forms you may have filled out at current or previous employers.

That can help build up your times at each of those dates in history.
 
CFI A&P said:
Get your 8710's from training days, and any insurance forms you may have filled out at current or previous employers.

That can help build up your times at each of those dates in history.
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I should clarify that I used mini-jepps up to this point. The one I lost was 2 pages from being filled and only consisted of my aerial survey flying and 6 months of freight. Dates back only 2 years, but was easily 70% of my flight time up to this point. :eek: Thieves and/or lazy people are annoying.

I have all the flight time accounted for. Just curious what looks best as far as getting it in the new logbook.
 
Estimate your times to the best of your recollection- although, you should try to be as accurate as possible when it comes to flight reviews, currency, etc...
 
I would just attach the copy of the last page that you have in the back of a new logbook. Do a line entry for the time on that page with a note. If you have all the other time since then just enter it as normal.
 
Honestly, i haven't had anyone look at my log book in any kind of professional capacity. Ever. Not for insurance, job interviews, check rides, nothing. I'm not even sure where my log book is at right now, all i know is that i havent written a page in it in over six months.

I think people forget pilot records are self certified, so it doesnt matter if its on a napkin or in a logbook, its really all the same. I'm sure you know this, im just giving some insight to my limited experience. IFWY, i would just throw my times on my resume, and if they ask about it, i would just say i lost my log book. I think the only hassle you would ever get is out of the airlines, bu if that was your goal you wouldnt be a FLX ;)
 
cmill said:
Honestly, i haven't had anyone look at my log book in any kind of professional capacity. Ever. Not for insurance, job interviews, check rides, nothing. I'm not even sure where my log book is at right now, all i know is that i havent written a page in it in over six months.

I think people forget pilot records are self certified, so it doesnt matter if its on a napkin or in a logbook, its really all the same. I'm sure you know this, im just giving some insight to my limited experience. IFWY, i would just throw my times on my resume, and if they ask about it, i would just say i lost my log book. I think the only hassle you would ever get is out of the airlines, bu if that was your goal you wouldnt be a FLX ;)
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My regional airline interview, upgrade to captain checkride, and interview at legacy carrier all included someone paging through my logbooks.

1. Stop smoking. Only the laziest people I've flown with smoke and they rarely amount to anything. It's annoying, smelly, and makes you look like a lazy dummy. The worst people I've ever flown with were always smokers. Stop.

2. As as has previously been stated- start a new logbook with prior verified time. As you seem to have done, back up that verified time as much as possible.
 
PeanuckleCRJ said:
1. Stop smoking. Only the laziest people I've flown with smoke and they rarely amount to anything. It's annoying, smelly, and makes you look like a lazy dummy. The worst people I've ever flown with were always smokers. Stop.
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:rolleyes I can make rude false generalizations as well, but I'm a logical, reasonable thinking individual so I normally don't. Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?
 
UAL747400 said:
:rolleyes I can make rude false generalizations as well, but I'm a logical, reasonable thinking individual so I normally don't. Who pissed in your cheerios this morning?
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yeah seriously I suppose to this guy Jimmy D and Rickenbacker were lazy and sucked too? Ridiculous. All my mentors smoked one having said never trust a man who doesnt smoke or drink, he was a ww2 bomber pilot.

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UAL747400 said:
Long story short, an idiot passenger or pilot decided that my back pack and grocery bag full of donuts, cigarettes and mountain dew was indeed theirs. Thanks to uncooperative airport managers/police/flight departments, it looks like I'm not going to see it again. ............
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I'm just curious: What did "airport managers/police/flight departments" do that was uncooperative and hindered your attempt(s) to recover your back-pack?
 
Smart people are well informed of the risks of smoking and choose not to do something so expensive, addictive and detrimental to their health.
 
I lost mine, at the time I was using one of those little bitty ones that was fashionable for airline pilots at the time. I asked my airline for a copy of my hours since I got hired -- they keep these for flight / duty time purposes. Unfortunately, it wasn't a per flight basis, didn't include any instrument time or landings and it was just a per day basis -- then I tracked down as many of the captains I flew with as I could (I worked in a small base so it wasn't impossible) and copied from their books. Then I used the per-day numbers from the airline to fill in.

Oh, then I went electronic.
 
msw said:
I'm just curious: What did "airport managers/police/flight departments" do that was uncooperative and hindered your attempt(s) to recover your back-pack?
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I was trying to rule out dishonesty and have the police meet the planes at their respective airports. They weren't willing to unless I was filing a criminal complaint. Not something I was willing to do for what could very well be a simple mistake. I'm too nice I guess. The airport managers at two of the airports weren't willing to give me any contact information and the one operator I got a hold of was not willing to contact the crew that flew the plane that night. Nothing but dead ends, for now... :evilface
 
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