Block vs. engine time
Hi!
I'm having a real hard time deciding how I should log my time during hour building...
In FTO where I completed my JAA PPL(A) course, logging of time was quite simple: engine startup = block off, engine shutdown = block on. Therefor, the entries in my personal logbook match with those written in aircraft's logbook and the times, logged by ATS units fit exactly...
Problem being, I switched to different FTO for hour building, where time logging works quite a bit differently... Since the FTO charges hours by tachometer timer, it isn't unusual to have block time of 2 hours and time in the aircraft logbook being 1:40 or something similar...
The real question being: should I log block time (as stated in JAR-FCL-1.080) and let it be a little awkard, since should anyone ever compare my logbook with aircraft's and find that the engine was "shut down" sooner than I arrived on the blocks or simply log the same time that is put in the aircraft logbook and be "on the safe side"?
Thanks for all the answers in advance!