Sat Dec 12, 2015 10:30 am
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I'm amazed by all the paperwork that needs to be completed before and after flying. In this day and age, do we really need to go through all of this?
Much of it, the purpose is entirely unknown to or lost on me.
Much of it is duplicated. (And therefore prone to error or inconsistency)
So here goes:
(1) If required, PPR phone calls/log on internet
(2) Fill in the home club/airfield log book, including planned departure time and destination, etc, etc
(3) If land away: Fill in the visited club/airfield log book, including arrival time and originating airfield, blah, etc
(4) Fill in aircraft group logbook, including times for startup, departure, arrival, shutdown and origin and destination, blah, blah
(5) Fill in personal pilots logbook, including times for departure, arrival, and origin and destination, etc, yawn
Then repeat above steps for return flight, yawn, groan.
The above assumes the flight is not international or over water, in which case add:
(6) File flight plan with similar info plus more blah
(7) Police/Customers form with similar data plus plus yawn yawn
Now I understand the need for (4) so that our treasurer knows who to bill and for how much and so we can track hours to next engineering check.
And I understand the need for (5) so that my hours flown and recency can be tracked.
And I understand the need to track aircraft movements.
In this electronic age, do we really need to go through this throwback to the age of the Victorian bank clerk?
Much of it, the purpose is entirely unknown to or lost on me.
Much of it is duplicated. (And therefore prone to error or inconsistency)
So here goes:
(1) If required, PPR phone calls/log on internet
(2) Fill in the home club/airfield log book, including planned departure time and destination, etc, etc
(3) If land away: Fill in the visited club/airfield log book, including arrival time and originating airfield, blah, etc
(4) Fill in aircraft group logbook, including times for startup, departure, arrival, shutdown and origin and destination, blah, blah
(5) Fill in personal pilots logbook, including times for departure, arrival, and origin and destination, etc, yawn
Then repeat above steps for return flight, yawn, groan.
The above assumes the flight is not international or over water, in which case add:
(6) File flight plan with similar info plus more blah
(7) Police/Customers form with similar data plus plus yawn yawn
Now I understand the need for (4) so that our treasurer knows who to bill and for how much and so we can track hours to next engineering check.
And I understand the need for (5) so that my hours flown and recency can be tracked.
And I understand the need to track aircraft movements.
In this electronic age, do we really need to go through this throwback to the age of the Victorian bank clerk?