The way to fix spurious logging of flight time - at least in GA - would be to introduce law to require the aircraft maintenance log time to be the same as any pilot time claimed, less maybe 10 minutes per sector allowable for ground running. Charge it out that way, too.
What a gravy train that would be for those who hire out aircraft! Much reduced wear and tear, maintenance done well before it's needed and amazingly low fuel burns. Hell, find me some students who want to play it that way and I will go into the light aircraft business myself.
Matching up maintenance release time against fuel invoices and charge-out times against pilot log book entries has to be one of the easiest things to audit. So let's have more of these audits (and less CASA stressing about whether the index in the Ops Manual is up to date) if it means we can nail the lying swine who Parker pen flight time. And those other lying swine who fiddle maintenance time in the other direction.
Last edited by Mach E Avelli; 21st Oct 2013 at 03:26.