Originally Posted by
ChickenHouse
So you were unbelievably lucky to never have a ramp check and carrying passengers, never had to show the 90 day rule on a check?
I have been ramp checked twice (in 3600 hours, first time at about 3000 hours, second time because the company was having compliance management issues that were subsequently resolved, so it is hardly "unbelievably lucky" not to have been) and never been asked for a log book. One of those was in Frankfurt, and the Germans are not known for their relaxed attitude to paperwork. There is no legal requirement for a pilot to carry a log book in flight. I have never heard anyone claiming such a requirement, no idea where you got that from. According to Schedule 9 the only crew document to be carried is the licence.
Funnily enough, in the military they do all they can to avoid carrying either crew log books or aircraft documents in the aircraft. If more than one aircraft is flying to another airfield, each carries the other's tech log.