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Logging instruction given

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I just got my Flight Instructor Certificate and I’m just wondering how you would recommend logging flight and ground instruction given in my log book. For flight instruction, should I write pretty much the same as I would in the students log book, but instead of writing the flight time under “dual,” write it under a blank column and title it “dual given?” For the the ground instruction, should I just log it somewhere else such as a spreadsheet or should I put it in my ground section?

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  1. Russ Roslewski on Jan 31, 2022

    Yes, if your logbook does not already have a “Dual Given”, “CFI”, “Instruction Given” or other similar column, create your own and use that.

    As for remarks for flight instruction, all I put in my logbook is the trainee’s name. That’s it.

    I have separate records of what we did on that flight. For me, it’s usually just a spreadsheet, but for others it could be more formal training records. Or it could be a notebook for each trainee. Whatever works for you, the main idea is to make sure that when the trainee takes a 3 week break, you can remember what you did last time.

    Ground instruction is just entered into the same spreadsheet/training records as flight instruction. It doesn’t go anywhere in my logbook.

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  2. KDS on Jan 31, 2022

    You did not ask, but you can log dual given as both dual given and PIC. The FAA did a notice on that some years ago and then added, but that the total flight time is still just the time flown, not twice as much time.

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