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Editing a Logbook

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FAA Regulations, Flight Instructor, General Aviation

As I prepare for an interview, I found a problem in my logbook.  I had completed a "Jet Transition" course that involved 20 hours in A320 FTDs and an FFS with the motion locked in March of 2013.  That time was put into my logbook by the instructor in the following categories; AMEL, Simulated Inst, Ground Trainer (sim), PIC, SIC, and Total Duration.  We were told the FTDs were Level 5 and that the FFS was Level D.  Both were at JetBlue U in Orlando.

As it was a simulator and I don't have a type rating, I assume that it should only be simulated instrument and simulator time but I am not 100% sure.  I do have a MEL license.  If my assumtion is correct, what is the best way to reflect the removal of the incorrect hours in my logbook?  One of the instructors where I work suggested entering a new line to show the removal of the hours and describe it in the remarks.

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  1. Mark Kolber on Nov 18, 2014

    while it is simulated instrument time in the regs, many pilots choose to reserve the simulated instrument column for simulated instrument “flight” time (which it is not since a sim is not an “aircraft”) for bookkeeping reasons, bearing in mind that the 8710-1 separates flight from device time. Other than that preference, the only logbook column that applies is sim/device time. (“Total” time has the same bookkeeping issue as simulated instrument time)

    The generally-accepted method for corrections is a line thought the incorrect entry and your initials. Not regulatory, but it is a method used to verify changes to all sorts of legal documents, not only in aviation.

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