How do you guys log.....

desertdog71

desertdog71

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Quick question among the 121 guys.

How are you guys logging night/instrument/approaches etc. Do you make entries daily and keep track of every column?

Reason I ask is that I am 10 months behind and I'm catching up my logs but I haven't kept track of the night/instrument/approaches portions. Just the legs and time.

Thanks.
 
I just estimate 10% of the time as night and another 10% IMC. I already have my ATP, so it's not like it really matters.
 
When I was still at PSA I logged leg by leg, as the day went into LBP. I would estimate night time. I counted anything an approach where I didn't have the field in sight by 1000 feet and any time I shot an approach I gave myself .3 of IMC. Probably not the most accurate but I was consistent about it. Now I just log a day at a time, and do it about a month after the fact using CrewTrak records. I do make a note on a document I keep on my phone when I shoot an actual approach (rare out here) and then use the same rules as before when I am logging the day later on.
 
LTP tells me when it's night, and I try to remember to log when I touch a cloud or fly an honest to goodness instrument approach, although on the 7th leg in 2 days it's all a little...foggy.
 
I usually try to make my entries in the paper logbook (old school, baby!!!) either at the end of a day, or the end of a trip. I log my instrument time based on time flown within the cloud clearances minimums, and if it's just an approach in IMC, usually it's .1 or .2 actual. Also, if I log an approach, I also put the type of approach in the notes/remarks section. As for night time, I try to be as accurate as possible. My tenure at Sierra Academy had me log a ton of night time due to the summer heat. Fun times.
 
I log all my stuff after the fact from the company website. Estimates on night time (erring on the side of day). Actual and approaches I write on the top of my pairing and toss into my laptop bag at the end of the trip. When I update the logbook all my pairings come out and I put in the approaches/actual.
 
I need to come up with a better system. Right now though, I am entering 10 months worth of Crewtrac logs. :(

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it.
 
I import my sched+ every couple of weeks and try to make an educated guess about the actual night and instrument conditions. If I don't go too long without importing, I can usually remember the approaches I flew. Like others have mentioned, that flight time is mostly inconsequential but I'd personally like to keep it as close to accurate as I can just for my own amusement.
 
I'm doing day by day but I wasn't sure if it was important to keep track of the instrument/night times now that I have my ATP. I know some guys that just log total time if anything at all anymore.
 
Cal Goat said:
I import my sched+ every couple of weeks and try to make an educated guess about the actual night and instrument conditions. If I don't go too long without importing, I can usually remember the approaches I flew. Like others have mentioned, that flight time is mostly inconsequential but I'd personally like to keep it as close to accurate as I can just for my own amusement.
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Does that import work fairly well (assuming you're a Mac or iOS guy, since you drive a Subaru too)?
 
Autothrust Blue said:
Does that import work fairly well (assuming you're a Mac or iOS guy, since you drive a Subaru too)?
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Sorry, it's LBP on Windows 8. But downloading the CSV(?) file from sched+ and importing it is a breeze. I assume whichever program or OS you're using would be equally easy.

The file only contains dates, tail numbers, aircraft type and block time plus crew names. I have a template that inserts the captain's name into the remarks, but all the other data has to be entered manually like landings, night, instrument and PIC/SIC.
 
Hate to admit it, but I still use logshare. I need to find a stand alone program that I can import a .csv file. I back everything up on paper and also .xls files.
 
Screaming_Emu said:
Actually I have a little secret.


I have the most amazing wife on the planet who usually is the one that goes into Sked+ and copies it into my logbook. I go in and add the approaches and actual later. I'm the luckiest man on the damn planet.
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I'm not sure, but I MAY have you beat. For a while I was able to convince me wife to do my Jepp revisions when I came home.
 
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