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TC Wants my Logbook.

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Hey

Had a question regarding my personal logbook. I am a float/ski pilot. I have not been keeping a logbook since before the CAR's came out in 1996. The way I read the CAR's I only need to enter flights nessesary to prove I am current.

The second part of the question is. If they want to see it? Can I tell them to eat shit. I can't find anything in the CAR's that says I have to give them the logbook if i'm not trying to upgrade my licence or anything.

I'm not one of those TC haters. Just trying to learn what a guys rights are.
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If they want to see your log book and you don't want to show them for whatever reason.... Is there anyway you could lose your log book therefore being unable to show them? :)

Now I wouldn't suggest you do that, it would be wrong.... :)
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What do you have to hide? Show them the bloody thing so they can move on....? (or something which proves you are current)
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Be careful, very, very, very careful.

Something is wrong, very, very, very wrong.

Maybe get legal advice?
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Ya it was brought up at a meeting with 4 TC inspectors. We were just shooting the shit about some other stuff and the subject of personal logbooks came up. My impression was always that I needed to be able to prove currency and nothing more. Can't I just write 3 legs to cover the 3 to/land in the last 90 days on a napkin and keep that as my logbook.
I'm not trying to hide anything. My old logbook shows I have enough time to hold a commercial licence. I can prove currency with the aircraft logbooks. Is that not enough? I really doubt that I am the only bush guy not logging every trip from "Lake A to Lake B".
It was nothing too crazy. It was just a friendly chat about the requirement.
Truth is I have better things to do then fill out my logbook at the end of the day. Trying to find the lazy guys way around it.
Maybe they will pull my ticket and I will be able to pursue my dream of driving a train.
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That is weird Philly, I have never been asked for a personal log book by anyone in over fifty years in the business.

The CAR's are clear on what is mandatory, in your case proof of recency.

And for sure you are not required to carry a personal log book.
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At one time logs were considered personal property. Now they are a CARs requirement, granted primarily for recency and licence upgrades. I stopped recording every leg in the mid 90's in favour of logging total time for each day - 1 line entry per day. I still consider it 'personal' but keep it because of CARs and for my own record;
401.08 (1) Every applicant for, and every holder of, a flight crew permit, licence or rating shall maintain a personal log in accordance with subsection (2) and with the personnel licensing standards for the documentation of

(a) experience acquired in respect of the issuance of the flight crew permit, licence or rating; and
(amended 2001/03/01; previous version)

(b) recency.

(2) A personal log that is maintained for the purposes referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) shall contain the holder's name and the following information in respect of each flight:

(a) the date of the flight;

(b) the type of aircraft and its registration mark;

(c) the flight crew position in which the holder acted;

(d) the flight conditions with respect to day, night, VFR and IFR;

(e) in the case of a flight in a aeroplane or helicopter, the place of departure and the place of arrival;

(f) in the case of a flight in an aeroplane, all of the intermediate take-offs and landings;

(g) the flight time;

(h) in the case of a flight in a glider, the method of launch used for the flight; and

(i) in the case of a flight in a balloon, the method of inflation used for the flight.

(3) No person shall make an entry in a personal log unless the person

(a) is the holder of the log; or

(b) has been authorized to make the entry by the holder of the log.
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Never mind hours logged, I can't even remember how many countries I flew in. :mrgreen:
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Every company has to keep a record of all professional pilots times for flight limitation and duty time requirements. If you fly for any charter company your time is recorded by the flight hour even if you don't. I keep up my personal log book with an annual entry taken from the company records at the end of each year. Is that even legal?
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Does the doctor that gives you a medical ask to see your logbook ?
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What do you have to hide? Show them the bloody thing so they can move on....? (or something which proves you are current)
The rationale of the Gestapo or the Department of Transport.

This is about one's rights. You dont concede your rights for convenience. And civil rights dont disappear all at once..a little a time.

What bothers me about this and other things that happen face to face with TC, is that they ask very nicely...to give up your rights on this or that... And if you refuse they turn on you like a pact of pitbulls on a porkchop.

If it is required to surrender it, then so be it. If not, tell anyone asking to pound sand.
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Cat Driver wrote:That is weird Philly, I have never been asked for a personal log book by anyone in over fifty years in the business.

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I was asked to see my log book, I landed in Sudbury to drop a off a friend, i tried to walk back out to the plane to locked doors that said "see commissioner"
Well the commissioner drilled me, wanted lic medical, and log book he went behind the counter and was there for 10 min or so. Came back out and said thank you and opened the door.
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burhead1 wrote: Well the commissioner drilled me, wanted lic medical, and log book he went behind the counter and was there for 10 min or so. Came back out and said thank you and opened the door.
Ha! I wonder how many people actually carry their logbook with them, assuming they even have one of course. I certainly don't fly with my log book. I work on rotation overseas and I don't risk bringing my logbook with me, it stays at home on my book shelf. I make copies should the customer need to see it, which they do from time to time to prove I have the experience to fly their people around. But this is a contractual agreement, not a legal requirement.
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Ask to see their logbook! If they pull it out you pull out a napkin and say "so thats what its suppose to look like" 8)
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phillyfan wrote: It was nothing too crazy. It was just a friendly chat about the requirement.
So they don't actually "want" your logbook like the thread title states?
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They have not formally asked. They just told me they might and that they can. I've been around aviation long enough to know. Don't do shit, unless it's asked for in writing.
I've never been asked during my medical. I write 200hrs in the last 12mths, 500hrs total. Been writing that since the early 90's.
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I don't know of any CAR that states that a pilot must surrender his logbooks to Transport. Does anyone? Is it in the Aeronautics Act, or buried somewhere else weird?

Transport is free to lay a charge against any pilot, that they have contravened the various regulations with respect to the 5 year rule, the 6 month pax carrying rule, etc.

Then you fax a request for review to the Tribunal, and show up with a certified true copy of your logbook, with the unnecessary entries blacked out - a lawyer taught me that trick. Also, if you file an Access to Information request, if it ever comes back, most if it will be blacked out. So, you might as well do the same thing.

At the Tribunal, you don't have to bring your logbook, if you have other sources of information - journey log, daily flight sheets, etc - which support your claim that you have not contravened any of the various recency/currency/pax carrying/6-6-6 requirements.
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Once again why would TC ask for your personal log book?

It is not in the list of documents they have the right to ask for.

If they are being that anal there has to be some reason.
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I can't find anything in the CAR's that says I have to give them the logbook if i'm not trying to upgrade my licence or anything.
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As an aside, it's actually recommended NOT to fly with your logbook (or the aircraft maintenance logs, either) - if you crash and burn the TSB will be better served if the logs are available and legible.
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