How deep in the crap shute am I?

[Gravy]

Worked up north last summer, company lost my bags on the way down.

Log book and PTR Included. No back-ups.

Am I f**ked or what? I have My TC commercial license at least...

Worst case scenario what am I looking at

cheers in advance

[photofly]

See CAR 421.08.

Presumably also you can recover all the flight details from your last employer from the aircraft journey logs, and also get copies of your previous licence/rating applications from TC under the Access to Information Act as to show to future employers.

[Bede]

Happends lots. Start a new log book. I presume you know how much flight time you have. Go to TC office and swear affidavit.

[sheephunter]

Your last employer likely made copies of your last page or two for the insurance company when you started and the company could go through their aircraft logs and pull up your hours from last summer. Start your new log from there.

[ahramin]

Bede, I don't think you can go the affidavit route until you have made every effort to recover the info.

[Hedley]

http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/civilaviation/r ... htm#421_08

421.08 Personal Logs
(amended 1999/03/01; no previous version)

(1) Loss of Personal Log

An applicant for a flight crew permit, licence or rating who is unable to provide proof of flying experience by means of a personal log, due to extenuating circumstances such as the loss of records through fire, theft or other similar cause, may submit an Affidavit or Statutory Declaration sworn before a Commissioner of Oaths, to the Minister.

(a) The affidavit or declaration shall contain a breakdown of flying experience claimed, appropriate to the permit, licence or rating applied for and shall include the following details:

(i) hours flown by day and by night on single and multi-engine aircraft as pilot-in-command, co-pilot and dual;

(ii) hours flown cross-country by day and by night as pilot-in-command, co-pilot and dual;

(iii) hours of instrument flight time and approved instrument ground trainer time;

(iv) aircraft types and registrations; and

(v) where applicable, names of employers and dates of employment.

(b) The affidavit or declaration shall contain an explanation of the circumstances which prevented the submission of a personal log and a statement declaring that all attempts to reproduce and certify entries in a personal log have been unsuccessful.

(c) Wherever practicable, the applicant shall obtain corroborating evidence, such as copies of journey log book entries.

(d) Affidavits or Statutory Declarations submitted without corroborating evidence shall not be accepted by the Minister as evidence of flying experience beyond that required for the issue of a Commercial Pilot Licence.

(e) The applicant shall, in addition, successfully complete all examinations and tests required for the permit, licence or rating applied for.

[just curious]

Aside from getting a little red book to keep your day to day hours contacts and expenses in, perhaps next time you may wish to pay heed to the urgings of airlines all over the planet and not places valuables in your checked luggage. Headsets, laptops, logbooks...

Companies, training schools keep accounting paperwork and legal documents for seven years. By law. Start digging.

[howard40]

I would think that if you email the odd digital photo to yourself of your logbook last page and let it sit in your hotmail account. That way you always have a backup that is reasonably accurate.
make sense?
Howard