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bap327

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Just looking for a consensus from all the experienced IGI's or AGI's out there. I have been working as a IGI for about a month and have given about 40 hours "dual" in the sim. So far I haven't logged it in my logbook, but have obviously signed the students.
My question is: should I log it? My logbook has a column for "As Ground Instructor but to me it seems like a waste of a good logbook, it will be filled with just ground time! Also if I log this shouldn't I also log the approaches/holds/simulated inst time as well?

Any input appreciated
 
bap327 said:
Just looking for a consensus from all the experienced IGI's or AGI's out there. I have been working as a IGI for about a month and have given about 40 hours "dual" in the sim. So far I haven't logged it in my logbook, but have obviously signed the students.
My question is: should I log it? My logbook has a column for "As Ground Instructor but to me it seems like a waste of a good logbook, it will be filled with just ground time! Also if I log this shouldn't I also log the approaches/holds/simulated inst time as well?

Any input appreciated
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1. I'd agree its a waste of logbook space. I don't log any. It's not useful for anything (other than the paycheck :D )

2. No you wouldn't log the approaches.

Hope that helps! :)

Check 6,

Air Pirate out. :cool:
 
I bought one of the ASA logs to keep track of ground and sim stuff.
Seperate from anything else, but maybe one day helpful when looking for a job as ground instructor or sim instructor. Simple, easy, unexpensive and a good tool to see where, when and why you signed someone elses logbook be it for a written or after having spent 2 hours on a FTD.

Cheers,
 
Thanks for the replies, on par with what I have been doing. Cessna I like your idea of an extra log for just the ground stuff. It will be a way for me to show the Feds that I have taught for awhile and hopefully avoid the dreaded FOI quiz when I go for my initial.
 
bap327 said:
Thanks for the replies, on par with what I have been doing. Cessna I like your idea of an extra log for just the ground stuff. It will be a way for me to show the Feds that I have taught for awhile and hopefully avoid the dreaded FOI quiz when I go for my initial.
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Hi bap327!

Unfortunately there is no testing (demonstration) of applied FOI knowledge for any ground instructor certificate. If it does anything during the FOI quiz on your initial it could maybe make them ask you how you managed to teach groundschool for 1000+ hours without a clue... :D

Just kidding of course, but I use it merely to have some sort of record so when that pilot causes 6 people to die in 10 years and the FAA/NTSB goes through his/ her log to find people to blame, I can throw some book at them.
 
I hear you there with the cover your arse thinking.
I had a guy in the sim today and he went through all the defense mechanism in a row, I thought he had to be screwing with me, it was weird I really thought all the FOI was crap.
 
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