Log Book Hours

[onedottoolow]

Have had the question put forward to me today but I am unsure of the answer.

I guy within the company that I work for asked me today should the CP be checking out logbooks each month against company records then certifying these hours as being true & correct
Is this a legal requirement?

Does anyone know the answer?

[PA39]

I don't think its a "legal" requirement however it is the CP's best interest to do so as a CASA audit will include a check on these records.

[A37575]

It would certainly expose false flying hours if they had been logged and where pertinent, false instrument flight time hours. I don't know about now, but for many years it was a requirement for all RAAF pilots to have their hours audited every six months. But then it was unthinkable that any RAAF aircrew would fake his own flying hours

[aussie027]

Ah yes, as an ATO/CFI friend said to me a long time ago, "There are a lot of logbooks around with phantom hours in them but no one has ever seen a F-4".

[PA39]

FWIW....when i was "in the seat" I had my right hand man cross reference each week. if you let it go it certainly gets away from you.....especially if everyone is doing 900 hrs per year in a multitude of aircraft. IF CASA had you in the cross hairs it was not unusual to have 4 or 5 FOI's sitting down and going theough your records...... for two days!