GP,
If you are correct, that's the first I've heard of it. My first logbook I logged in decimals (because that's how my first school charged me). My current logbook I log in hours and minutes (because it's much easier.... plus that's how the school I now work for pay me). The CAA have seen both logbooks, and issued JAR licenses and ratings based on what they've seen in both logbooks, without any queries. Not definitive, I know.....
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