Do airlines accept Excel logbooks?

Though most pilots do use standardized formats for both paper and electronic logbooks, you are free to use almost anything — a spiral notebook, an Excel spreadsheet, or whatever else you choose as your preferred means of documenting required flight time. That's the easy part.



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The FAA doesn't lay out exactly how you should log your hours, even those hours that the rules require. While commercially available paper pilot logbooks have been the standard for decades, nothing specifically says a digital one won't do.

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FAA FAR 61.51 states that each person must document and record certain items in a manner acceptable to the Administrator. The regulation does not define what is acceptable, but in most cases, digital logbooks will be accepted if the logbook records the necessary information.

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Short answer: an electronic logbook is legal; the FAA will accept almost anything as an endorsement; it's often most practical to collect endorsements on paper but electronic versions are also fine.

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APDL is the one and only airline pilot logbook app you'll ever need. Pilot logbook, comprehensive up to the minute legality with complete PART 117 adoption, duty management, crew tracking, schedule importing, automatic resume generation and much more.

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61.59: “Falsification, reproduction, or alteration of applications, certificates, logbooks, reports, or records.” In a nutshell, no person can make or cause to be made a fraudulent or intentionally false logbook entry, and violations can lead to suspension or revocation of an airman certificate, rating or authorization ...

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In the United States, a pilot is required to log all flight time that is used to meet the minimum requirements for a certificate, rating, flight review, or instrument proficiency check, and for currency. This means that a pilot does not need to record every single one of his or her flights.

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Therefore, while it is not possible for two pilots to act as PIC simultaneously, it is possible for two pilots to log PIC flight time simultaneously.

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Quicklook: Best Flight Logbooks
  • Best For Newer Pilots: Jappesen Professional Pilot Logbook.
  • Best For Student Pilots: Standard Pilot Log ASA-SP-57.
  • Best For Student Pilots: Jeppesen Pilot Logbook – Student.
  • Best For Multiple Flight Logging: Standard Pilot Log ASA-SP-40.


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