So nope, a logbook is not a useless document, but I will and so will every Chief Pilot I know "trust but verify".....
There was a story on these hallowed pages some where about a chap at a job interview showing his logbook to the prospective employer who then commented "I see you've flown my private aircraft", lad had trouble explaining how he supposedly got to fly an aircraft that had never been out of the owners hands.
When I began flying it was not uncommon for the regulator to ask you to forward your log book for checking. Was a once only for me for I shortly joined the military. Find the logs a useful reference at times when asked when did such and such occur, and a trip through memory lane.
