Contrary to what Old Fogducker said regarding my attitude you will easily find someone at TC who will help you in a situation such as this, there are many good employees working for TC. all you need do is look around to find them and then keep them as friends for when you need help.
A personal log is very important when you first start out and is something that you should always keep in a safe place.
The most important records will be those needed for upgrading and these you will have to be accurate with as to what you did in any given flight.
As you progress in your career you will tend to forget logging how many minutes you spent flying on instruments or in the dark and from A to B and will just keep track of total hours.
Then way down the road you will finally get tired of logging any time in a personal log book and just keep track of time for your pay if needed.
Anyhow the most simple method that I would suggest is buy a little note book that will fit in a shirt pocket and write your daily time in that, then transfer it to your log at home.
Oh, by the way swearing an affidavit is a legal way to make a declaration as to time, it is just not all that accurate as to exactly what you did on any given flight.
Some day I hope you can keep track of the flying you just did with the same paper record that I now use...its green with a picture of George Washington on it...
All the best and I hope that will be your worst loss in aviation.
Cat
