Electronic Logbooks - CFI Signatures

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Anyone here have any comments/suggestions on how to quit using a paper logbook and soley use an electronic logbook. I am using logbook pro and would like to stop keeping up two logbooks.

I can do endorsements with labels and put them in the back of the printed out pages of the logbook. I am not sure however how to capture signatures for dual flights with an instructor.

I am at a point where I am probably not seeking any more ratings, maybe a ASES someday.

One idea I have heard is to keep a blank logbook printout in the back of the printed out logbook to log dual time. Others have said to just keep a blank page where the instructor signs and references the flight on a particular day with the vital information about the flight.

Or, is it just not feasible to quit using the paper logs?

Any suggestions/ideas?

Thanks.
 
beat up a UPS delivery guy and take his tablet, somehow figure out how to make it work with your electronic logbook. Can you scan signatures and save them onto your electronic log book?

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I have piece of mind when I have my hours recorded in 2 places.. Paper AND electronically. On paper, in case something horrid happens to the electronic log, and electronically, in case something horrid happens to the paper logbook. I also make copies of my paper logbook.

I'd highly recommend keeping both. It may seem like a pain, but recording it all on paper only takes about 15 seconds.

Hope this helps.
 
BoilerPilot2007,

Thanks for the reply.

I agree with you about having multiple copies, but this can easily be accomplished by regularly printing out paper copies from logbook pro. You could actually print as many as you like and store them in different places.

Also, I back up the data to CD regularly.

As far as copies goes I am comfortable. I am just not sure what to about about signatures on dual flights.

Thanks again.
 
I have been using an electronic logbook for several years, but every flight gets written into the traditional logbook first. I consider the electronic version to be a great convenience tool, but I don’t consider it my official logbook. Play it safe keep a written version as well… it only takes a few seconds to fill out, it acts as a master back up of the electronic one, and it solves signature type issues. Why not keep a paper version?
 
Acadia,

Yeah, that is sort of how I have looked at it until now and have kept both my paper and electronic logbook. I would like to just maintain my Logbook Pro version and keep recent printouts and also keep blank logbook pages in the back (I have one of the MGOent binders) for instructor signatures on dual flights. Once each dual flight page is filled I could scan it and have a digital copy as a backup.

Logging flights in two places seems to be overkill.
 
It might be a little overkill, but I still think it is a very good idea to keep a written log. I would think the effort of dealing with various sign offs, flight reviews , recurrent training, etc that need to be recorded is greater (if only using an electronic log) than just simply keeping a written log book as well as the electronic one.
 
Why not just use the paper log book to log the training flights requiring a signature? Log all time in the electronic log and only log signature time in the book. Then you'd only have duplicate work for the training time.

You'd meet all FAA requirements then, having a complete log and having the required signatures, too. Your paper log book would just become a training log.
 
Heath,

That is something I had considered. However, after a lot of thinking about it and the fact that I have changed my mind about more ratings (I am going to finish up my CFI), I have decided that I am going to continue logging in my paper logbook for the foreseeable future.

Thanks to everyone for the advice.
 
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