Logbook - black magic
Hey folks!
I am in the process of doing my first type-rating and is looking very much forward to my first airline job. During my pilot training I have logged my hours according to what my instructors have told me. For the most part, advice I get on this is pretty consistent. For example, people may or may not choose to log their sim time, but general consent is that they will not count sim-hrs towards their total time.
But for logging multi-pilot time, which I will be soon, I am wondering how I am supposed to log the hours? I can ask the line training captain of course, but I am wondering if there is an official EASA source on this? A link would be greatly appreciated. I haven't been able to find one yet.
When flying as FO, but pilot flying, will I log that as PICUS time? My logbook doesn't actually have a column for this. Do I log it as PIC and write PICUS under remarks? I do however have a column named co-pilot. Will I log my hrs as pilot monitoring in this column?
Perhaps not the most important of logbook items, but nevertheless: Do I log only the landings I do as pilot flying or even the ones where I am pilot monitoring?
So far, I have logged airport designators as four-letter ICAO codes, but someone told me it is common to log the three-letter IATA code among professional pilots. Please confirm?
I have logged IFR time whenever I have been flying under instrument flying rules. I have also logged IMC time (real or simulated). I will continue to log IFR hrs, but is there any meaning in logging actual hrs spent in IMC?
I would appreciate any advice on the matter, but especially if there is clear and non-ambiguous EASA document (yeah, I know: not very likely) I could refer to.