"The Helicopter Logbook" Anyone out there using it ?

[Wally]

Do use a custom Excel spreadsheet? If so...any chance you could share the file? If/Thens and formulas can be a hassle sometimes.

Standard Excel with a few general columns and a comment box. I don't need instantaneous running totals, especially if it comes with complications and expense.

[rick1128]

Rick,

 

What sorts of time break downs were they looking for? Thats my worry is that Im going to find a job that wants something I've done, but maybe never specifically logged and Im going to have to spend 3 days going line by line trying to find every .1 of whatever it might have been.

 

One job I looked at wanted "200 dolly-cart landings verified through reliable documentation" And of course there are jobs where you can read the requirements and see they did everything but add, "And your name must be Tom Jones, the guy we actually plan on hiring even if someone else meets all of this crazy stuff."

 

Another was an LE job that actually said you needed 500 hours flying within the geographic boundaries of that particular county. Don't make it to obvious that you already have your guy picked out!

FP, it depends on the company. I have had them ask for breakdowns of night and instrument time into PIC and SIC, how much night and instrument time in make and model and so on.

 

And it still takes some time, but no where near as long than if you had to do it with just your logbook(s), paper and a calculator.

[aeroscout]

It would be nice if you could barter time. Like 150 hours of short line for 50 of long line.

[cburg]

Standard Excel with a few general columns and a comment box. I don't need instantaneous running totals, especially if it comes with complications and expense.

Seems like Access might be the way to go. Anybody have an Access file they can share?