Logging Instrument and the Little Red Log Book

During my domestic time, I used a red book, then switched to ADPL.

With the int'l stuff, I can't figure out how to make the ADPL work with this type of flying (I guess it needs some different 1's and 0's.), so I'm switching back to the redbook. I have a sweet-ass system that keeps a running total all month so I know how much they owe me.

Since I use the old-school paper log, when I'm logging my time, (even when I NEEDED time), I'd look at a page or two, and if I didn't have any night or IMC logged, I'd try to log some. I'm very conservatively logged on night and IMC, mainly due to apathy.

I think my redbook was faster to log into than the redbook, and I can type fast.

I log night, any time it's dark out, and IMC when it's my leg and appropriate (if I remember). I do this for the same reasons the other posters have stated.

It's one of these six-right-way-to-do-it deals. Just don't make it look fishy. I interviewed a cat with a fishy logbook once, it's quite obvious.
 
Just be consistent the way you log IMC time when it comes to enroute and logging of approaches.
 
Sorry to hijack the thread, but does everyone with APDL have to manually enter their "release" times (block-in plus 15 mins), or will it automatically calculate for you?
 
I use fractions to log inst and night in my (blue) book. inst and night are the only two things I log in that book besides the date and who I'm flying with. The times and stuff are all on Crewtrac.

What i mean by fractions is if it was a shorter flight and mostly IMC I'll put 1/4. An average mostly IMC flight would be 1/3. A long solid IMC flight would be 1/2. This is because about half the block time is spent on the ground visual. In the night column I'll put a fraction if the sun rose/set during the flight.

Import Crewtrac into Logbook pro. No use in dealing with PDAs...I'm still using my first/only cell phone (almost 4 years now!).
 
kellwolf said:
You can set it up and defaults, and it'll do it for you.
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I can't figure out how to get it to automatically calculate your release time from your block-in time. Under general preferences, I have "end of duty offset" at 15 minutes, but I still have to manually enter the correct release times.
 
How are you importing your schedule? If you're using the schedule importer right off of CrewTrac, make sure you're cutting and pasting ALL of it. For some reason, I never have a problem with it identifying and setting the proper release times.
 
kellwolf said:
How are you importing your schedule? If you're using the schedule importer right off of CrewTrac, make sure you're cutting and pasting ALL of it. For some reason, I never have a problem with it identifying and setting the proper release times.
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It syncs the correct release times from CrewTrac without a problem, but unless our block-in time was identical to as scheduled the release time will need to be changed. I'm wondering if the program will take the actual block-in time that I have manually entered, and add 15 minutes to that to show the actual release time, not just the "scheduled" release time when from I first imported the trip, if that makes sense.
 
As far as I've noticed, if we block in late, it adjusts the time for rest. I've gotten a "Hey, moron, you're illegal now" flag from it on a reduced rest overnight after blocking in late once or twice. At least, I THINK I remember seeing that.
 
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