Logbook question...
 

Good afternoon.

I'd greatly appreciate some help.

I completed my PPL in 1997, and used a standard PPL style logbook. In the last 10 years I completed CPL flight training with Oxford, who issued me with a logbook, which I was instructed I must use, and have also done a certain amount of my own flying, logged in my PPL logbook.

Thus my hours are split between two very tired and shoddy looking logbooks.

Am I able to transfer all my hours to a new logbook, and get a CFI or similar to sign it off, confirming via my old logbooks that all is present and correct?

Regards.

Keep it simple by opening a new logbook when the second one is full and transfer the combined totals to it.

Producing what amounts to a copy is simply not necessary and time consuming.

Consider getting a copy of pilots pal CD and enter the details onto the system. Great for maximum limits of 28/100 & 900pa etc
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most people who do any amount of flying have multiple log books. just insert the details carried forward form one to another at the front of the next and carry on.

keep the old books for verification, but ( whereas im in JAAland and we have to send in our books periodically to the licencing authority) i'm sure you have had to send yours to the CAA on occasion, and i assume they keep a copy of your most recent page before that particular application on your file, so there should always be a record of most of your flying career available for verification.....:ok:

SIGNED:...five log books ( of which at least two are ' tired and shoddy'....!!!!:}

Yes, just bring all totals forward to a new logbook.
No-one needs to countersign the transfer except you. But keep your old logbooks for 2 years or if needed for licence issue, whichever is the longer.

Anyone tempted to 'inflate' their totals should note that the CAA will take a very dim view, should they be caught.

I now have 5 logbooks, the oldest was very tatty when I went for my last job interview - one of the pilots interviewing me picked it up, sniffed it and exclaimed "Ahh, experience" - I got the job.
To be honest though, if you are going into aviation as a career I would forget paper logbooks and go for something like Skylog pro, You can summarise your old log books into it, it then does not run out, also, when you apply for jobs you will find every company you apply to wants your hours in a different way, easy to do with an electronic log book, but takes ages working it all out from paper ones!:ok:

I stopped at number 11. Each country is a little different. Here in the USA, pilots are required to keep a 'record' to show required currency. Plus whatever is needed to show the qualifications of each certificate and rating. As such, as such a pilot flying commercial operations doesn't need to do any records, as his employer keeps all that is required.

I use Aerolog Pro to keep time now, just so I can do insurance paperwork and applications. I no longer keep an official logbook. Much safer that way.

Yes the first logbook is always tatty as it takes 5-10 years to fill.
The next logbook is like brand new as it only took six months to fill!

I had two dog-eared RAF Air Squadron logbooks (flimsy kiddy exercise books), my Fuerza Area Argentina PPL logbook, an NZ logbook and a Pooleys UK PPL logbook. Before I started my CPL training, I copied all the entries from all the logbooks into a Jeppesen FCL1.080 logbook. It only took a couple of afternoons and the result is a much more impressive logbook with all my experience under one cover.

When I go to interview I hand over the Jeppesen but keep my battered oldies in my bag just in case they are asked for.