Out of order Logbook entries

N519AT

N519AT

Ahh! This is how I change this!
I have three flights that are going in my logbook from 9/10 and 9/11 that are going to be after two flights that occurred on 9/22 and 9/24.

Is it a big deal to have these out of order or not?
 
N519AT said:
I have three flights that are going in my logbook from 9/10 and 9/11 that are going to be after two flights that occurred on 9/22 and 9/24.

Is it a big deal to have these out of order or not?
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I've done that once or twice. I can't see it being a problem.
 
N519AT said:
I have three flights that are going in my logbook from 9/10 and 9/11 that are going to be after two flights that occurred on 9/22 and 9/24.

Is it a big deal to have these out of order or not?
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nope. Just a pain if your always counting instrument currency, or landings for currency, or if your insurance asks you how much time you got in the last 90 days or so.

Mine is all out of order, however it dont really affect me much.
 
Ive done that before, I think I drew an arrow so I would remember for currency reasons...But, then again my old logbook is so messed up, I really hope I never have to show it to an airline, haha.
 
If I was looking at it in an interview, I might want to know why. Did you forget you flew or something?

If it was a common occurrence in someone's logbook (like more than once or twice), it might lead me to believe they're careless. If they're careless about such a simple thing as keeping a logbook, then what else?

I'm a firm believer that some people are waaaay too anal about logbooks, so I admit I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth a little, I just don't understand why one would need to be out of order.

Given the choice between seeing a bunch of lines out of order or seeing a bunch of lines whited/greened out and corrected, I think I'd be more likely to shrug off the latter as just a simple mistake that was corrected. The whole point of a logbook is to document your flight time in chronological order.
 
If I were looking at it in an interview...I wouldn't care as long as you had an explanation.


I doubt there is a pilot out there who hasn't done that.
 
This happens when I forget to log a flight, and then I find the flight tag for it later. I just put a star next to the entry in the margin next to the date. This way if I need to re-calculate anything I know that the specific entry was out of date. Helps it stand out more. I also use an electronic version to help keep track of it.
 
I sincerely doubt that in 1-2 years or more at an interview people are even going to see that. They'd have to flip thru and land on the page.

Don't worry about it, seriously. No one cares.

One guy at a SWA interview had a logbook full of pictures. On an entry of "first turbine time" (for example) he took a picture and put that in his logbook. Same with places he had been. Guess what? He was hired.

I think those of us that went into flying with the goal of doing it for $$ took the logbook aspect too seriously.
 
EatSleepFly said:
If I was looking at it in an interview, I might want to know why. Did you forget you flew or something?

If it was a common occurrence in someone's logbook (like more than once or twice), it might lead me to believe they're careless. If they're careless about such a simple thing as keeping a logbook, then what else?
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I wouldn't call it careless - it depends on the kind and amount of flying you do. When I was a CFI in Arizona, I had times when I was flying 5 or 6 flights a day, plus ground etc. I barely had time to scratch my a$$ let alone fill out my logbook. So yeah, when I finally sat down to do the logbook, I would occasionally leave out one of the two dozen flights, because all the flights blended together in my mind...nothing much different to differentiate one flight from another. Anyway, I would discover the omission later, usually in the same logbook session, and add it in. Does that make me careless? No...just overworked.

Never heard of anyone caring about this in an interview. Crossouts and whiteout stand out much more than a date that's out of order anyway. Don't worry about it, just don't do it every week ;)
 
AirmetTango said:
Never heard of anyone caring about this in an interview. Crossouts and whiteout stand out much more than a date that's out of order anyway. Don't worry about it, just don't do it every week ;)
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I also wouldn't worry about cross-outs. I would NEVER use whiteout, however if someone can manage to fill out thousands of hours in a logbook w/o making a mistake and having to cross it out, they are super-human.
 
Logbook Pro ftw. It sorts my entries by date for me...so I don't look careless.......even though I don't update my logbook for months at a time.

-mini
 
AirmetTango said:
Never heard of anyone caring about this in an interview. Crossouts and whiteout stand out much more than a date that's out of order anyway. Don't worry about it, just don't do it every week ;)
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aevfo said:
I also wouldn't worry about cross-outs. I would NEVER use whiteout, however if someone can manage to fill out thousands of hours in a logbook w/o making a mistake and having to cross it out, they are super-human.
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Absolutely...just wanted to make it clear that I wasn't advocating whiteout at all! Never use whiteout - just a line through and initial mistakes always. Much neater when you make the inevitable mistake :)
 
I didn't think it would be a problem. The reason is I have been flying off 100 hours in a 150 and most of the flights all blend together.

thanks for the replies.
 
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