Greetings all, I've been looking into the 'new' logging of hours under EASA and can't find a solid answer. Before I contact the CAA (and wait 6 weeks to be told that it is 'in the EASA Air Ops' - which it isn't) I thought I'd seek wisdom (!!) here.
I did my ATPL(A) while flying in the military. Then when I left I 'converted' my hours iaw LASORS 2010, and went overseas. From then on logged chocks off to chocks on as per the normal. Now I'm back in Europe and have a nice new EASA-compliant logbook, but I don't know how to transfer my hours!
Sounds stupid, but the columns for ME used to be
P1 / P2 / Dual and a separate column for Captain/Aircraft Commander. The EASA logbook (and regs) now have
PIC / Co-Pilot / Dual (except SE of course). Before looking I just transferred the hours, but that means all of my P1 hours are now in the PIC column, which can't be right! How am I supposed to log all my previous P1 (non-Capt) hours? Do I have to go back and work out all the hours I was P1 (non-Capt) and put those in the Co-Pilot column? That would not be fun (and I doubt that is what people are doing...).
Incidentally because I'm doing LT as a Captain it does say I can log them as PIC, as long as my LTI signs my logbook (something he had never heard of before, but is stated in part-FCL). I know lots of civvies who just carried on using their military logbooks, but surely now they aren't EASA-compliant...?
Does it matter? Is it legal? I know you can be fined for an incorrect log but I've never heard of it happening. Wouldn't be a bad thing to see occasionally though, as I have seen MANY people 'rounding up' their hours and no one ever checked. Also, according to EASA it appears you can log all IFR hours now (whether or not the AP is in!). No wonder my previous colleagues had thousands more hours 'IF' than me, despite a lot less total. I still only log hours IMC manual flying (Act) or VMC instruments only (Sim).
I've been looking at this for months now, so any response is appreciated! NITN
