Sorry, it's another JAR>EASA revalidation question...

[DaveW]

Yes - but because it says "should" (i.e. not mandatory) it is apparently still possible to comply with the AMC without having every PUT entry in a logbook signed.

[Mach Jump]

Well, I have searched in vain for the reference requiring Instructors to sign every logbook entry, so, unless anyone can come up with anything, I'm going to assume that it no longer exists.

However, DaveW's comments about the difference between 'should' and 'must' notwithstanding, I would advise pilots to ask the Instructor to sign the logbook entries for any instruction they receive between Revalidations, if only because most Examiners will require it for Revalidation.


MJ

[DaveW]

Thanks for taking the time to search, MJ.

[BillieBob]

I never suggested that it was necessary to have every dual flight countersigned, merely those that were to be used to comply with FCL.740.A(b)(1)(ii).

[DaveW]

OK. But I still maintain that's just daft, and is anyway not mandatory as written.

And why is it written anyway? Why do some Examiners "require" it (not all do)? What's the logic behind it, particularly since you as the pilot may not know until later that you wish to nominate that particular flight as your revalidation hour? There is no requirement to pre-nominate.

Some may say that we are discussing number of angels on pin heads here - but I say not. This is just one more pointless EASA "rule" that makes a PPL's life unnecessarily complex and difficult to understand.

What's so unfashionable about "simple and unambiguous"?