Originally Posted by
Capt Kremmen
For me, 'logbookable' time is from engine start time. Clubs charge whatever works to their advantage.
Which means that you are, of course, either embellishing your logbook, or damaging engines by loading them before they've warmed up.
I've seen just about every variation on aircraft charging - but logbook is chock-to-chock in every civilian regime I know of.
My favourite is to charge on tacho, as it scales to engine revs so that if the pilot treats the engine gently, he gets more hours, and the owner gets a better cared for aeroplane. That, to me, is a win:win.
G