What has take off and touchdown got to do with it? (UK CAA) It really is a pity people don't bother to read the regs as this is so clearly laid down...
Flight time in the logbook is brakes off with the intention of getting airborne to when the a/c next comes to a rest - that's it. ie brakes on to off. What is hard to undestand about that? This has nothing to do with the Hobbs or airborne (power on) hours that go in the tech records.
Nothing says flight time has to be recorded to the nearest any kind of unit either. Why can't people read the regulations????
Traditionally hours have been recorded to the nearest five minutes, tho you might sensibly prefer to round to the nearest six minutes - unless you want to make work for yourself - what's the differnece between rounding to 5 or 6? None! Just a dam sight easier with a calculator if the hour is 10/10ths as opposed to 12/12ths. Pretty obvious really.
Military time is traditionally recorded as airborne time only; the CAA is perfectly happy for this time to be adjusted by a notional amount to take account of for taxi time as accepted in CAA regs. All my mil time was augmented by 15 mins per hour - 10 mins taxi out and 5 mins taxi in. Perfectly reasonable, honest and practical. At some very slow airfields it might be appropriate to increase this - Cranfield for instance.
Apply "reasonable, honest and practical" to your times and you won't be adrift in either your logbook or your general conduct in the air. Don't be unreasonable (ie greedy) and it won't be a problem.
Easy!
How is this even a problem?
Last edited by Agaricus bisporus; 7th August 2009 at 18:44.