Logbook Discrepancy w/ Solo Time

ajm757

ajm757

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Not sure if this belongs here, but I'll give it a try. During my early days in training/post PPL, I mistakenly logged all time flying with family/friends as solo time. I always thought that you can log solo if you were the SOLE PILOT on board, but I was wrong. How can I fix this prior to my airline interview? Should I make an audit or just leave it alone? It's just about impossible for me to know which flights I flew with people and which flights I was by myself, since I do a ton of flying when I'm not teaching. Any advice?

Thanks
 
There is no FAA certificate or rating higher than the commercial certificate that requires the logging of any solo time. You won;t find the word "solo" even mentioned in Part 135 or 121. In fact, looking at my paper log, I can see that some logbook publishers don't even include a column for it.

So, the solo time error is most likely inconsequential at this point, although I can't speak for employers and their druthers. I guess to be completely accurate and cover all the bases, since it would be impractical if not impossible to go back and audit each entry, you could put a notation on the last active page that the solo entries are inaccurate.
 
Nobody will care.

If you want to be completely accurate, you can make a correction entry when you audit your logbook.
 
Whiteout...

You didn't write anything in the remarks section of your logbook to remember the flight?
 
tcco94 said:
Whiteout...

You didn't write anything in the remarks section of your logbook to remember the flight?
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I've always been told to never whiteout the book. The only thing I would write would be like "IFR XC" and the airport name. I did a lot of cross country flights before I moved to AZ and don't know which flights I flew by myself and which I had people on.
 
ajm757 said:
I've always been told to never whiteout the book. The only thing I would write would be like "IFR XC" and the airport name. I did a lot of cross country flights before I moved to AZ and don't know which flights I flew by myself and which I had people on.
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Really? I would much rather whiteout my logbook for my mistakes to make it look semi professional than scribles and x'd out numbers etc. I do book and online now though so I can interview with a printout instead of showing my screw ups and bad ink when I was 18 years old and thought red and blue ink on one page was cool.

I really think it's all personal preference but I guess if you don't write much details then it'd be hard to say. I always write my students name, maneuvers, approaches, if I flew with family, etc....more for memories too. I'd just go with what someone said above. Who cares...change it and if someone asks then just make sure you can explain it in the least confusing way. Like I said, we are all humans so just try your best to keep it professional and I think you're good.
 
When flying as a CFI, I always put the student's name and lesson number/maneuvers for the day. All the recreational flying I've done, I never was specific. I'm sure they'll be happy with my response. I can try to audit it the best I can. Btw, I'm finally getting some students at TPAC. They have me on Team alpha.
 
ajm757 said:
When flying as a CFI, I always put the student's name and lesson number/maneuvers for the day. All the recreational flying I've done, I never was specific. I'm sure they'll be happy with my response. I can try to audit it the best I can. Btw, I'm finally getting some students at TPAC. They have me on Team alpha
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Ohhhh yeah. I forgot you're at TransPac. Sweet I'm on Alpha as well. Lots of XM students without instructors....we just got a new class without any. Have fun in PPL dude...try to stay as sane as you can. Message me if you need any details or help.
 
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