Re: CPL/IR licence application rejected (no signatures in logbook)
The only signatures I had in my log books is the one for PPL course complete.
And a sign off from the school for completing CPL/IR/MEP/FI training courses.
The americans do seem to be very over keen with instructors signing bloody everything. And some of the prats seem to take great joy out of adding things usually in a completly different pen colour than black. One **** tried to use purple. Even though I had a black one already provided.
Personally I had my proper log book under lock and key and had a gash one for US instructors to scribble in. Transfered the hours over into the proper one on the plane home. Just make sure you have the BFR in the log book you are carrying on the plane with the log book looking like its your second one.
As an instructor I have only signed logbooks for the 1 hour flight with an instructor and differences training using the stickers they sent out.
As for the old P1 on a dual check. Its up to the instructor, personally after a while when the novelty of having to add 10+ flights a day to my log book had worn off, I used to ask the punter if they needed P1 time or not. If it was for the 1 hour with an instructor they didn't have any choice. If they were a wannbie I used to let them log it P1 as long as they didn't need my input. And it seemed because I had actually asked the customer they usually said they wanted to log it PUT and never bitched and complained when they needed a check flight.
MJ