Logbook error and job interview?

I'm using one of sportys professional logbooks that has time for gliders in there but I also keep a SSA book because it keeps better track of what I'm doing while flying gliders. But I wont show my SSA book in an interview just the sportys logbook but it has the glider time in there.
 
I did an interview yesterday, and was told to bring my logbooks. They sat on the desk while we talked, and then they went back in my suitcase without ever being opened once.
 
modernicarus said:
Several of the last pages in my first logbook got removed, tore up, and defaced by my nephew last year. I copied what I could find, but I probably lost ~50 hrs to the tyke. My brother apologized and bought me another logbook that I transferred my time into, sans missing hours. That's great, but my first logbook is an absolute mess now and it still torques me off everytime I see it.

I'm not sure that I'll ever fly for a living or not, but I am sure that if I ever do decide to get a flying job, I'll (Desi Arnaz voice - ON) "have some 'splainin to do" now because of that event.
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Heh they'll probably just chuckle when you tell them! Losing a few pages to a rampaging nephew is not the kind of "log book errors" the airlines care about :). The interviewers are humans too, and some of them even reproduced! They'll understand.
 
OCflyguy88 said:
How about you all? Did you ever audit your logbook and find the time you counted was different from what you had written down?

Tips? Thanks all!
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I would think most everyone has an error, either known or not. Please don't start a new logbook because inevitably there will be more errors, it's just a normal occurance.

The advise I got a couple years ago as I was preparing for interviews was to track known mistakes and enter them on one line. Use the current date, make < > notations for subtraction and normal for additions, in remarks state adjustments for dates: XXXXX. And thats it. If total time doesnt equal ME + SE (+rotor, etc.), find the mistake and correct it, that is an easy red flag to dig deeper into your books.

I transitioned to an electronic logbook and entered every flight that I had flown. It was a bit brutal with over 2500 hours at the time but I wanted an accurate backup. I found a few mistakes, one was an addition error that totaled more than 100 hours, not in my favor. I just made the line correction and nothing has ever been mentioned.

In my first interview at the regional, they asked how accurate I thought my logbook was in a percentage and said to not give 100% because 'no ones is perfect and that is expected.'

At my last interview the panel of three lasted about 45 minutes asking questions, one person was specifically for logbook Q's and he dug through it for the entire time. He found some odd questions in it, even to the point to where I had to ask to see the entry he was refering to before I could answer - He had no problem with that or my answer. So be prepared to answer any question about any line in your book. If you are not prepared then you shouldnt be presenting the information.

As far as a paperclip vs. staple? If the directions said paperclip, then it should be paperclipped. I agree that is extreme and doubt it would happen often. But, it is an example of being detailed oriented and following instructions properly.

Have fun with your calculator :)
 
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