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Old 23rd January 2005 | 05:32
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poteroo
 
Joined: Jun 2001
Posts: 509
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From: Albany, West Australia
Super Cecil,

As you appear to be a diligent and responsible pilot, can I suggest that you investigate the scandalous practices known to occur in GA training wherein the logged or recorded time is far greater than the actual stick time,or air time if you describe it that way.

Consider these numbers from this BFR in which I was the victim. Location: JT
Runway: 12
Time: about 2PM
Total VDO/Hobbs time was 45 mins
total circuits: 3 - 2 crash and flee, and 1 full stop, (aka - high speed runway exit).

Now, what does the honest pilot do here?

Note the wheels off to wheels on time - and only log that? (you might call this airswitch time, or your GPS might log it in a similar way according to passing 20-30 KIAS)

or,

log the 45 minutes? (Guess what you pay for?)

Perhaps before GA drivers start pointing fingers at practices in a far different sector, we should have a look at just how much air time we actually do ourselves.

happy days,
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