ARCLIGHT
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- Feb 23, 2015
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I discovered some problems with the way Logbook Pro generates the AirlineApps.com report.
1. PIC time computed incorrectly for aircraft in which instructor time was logged. Example: In my current/primary aircraft, I have 2196.2 PIC hours (including instructor) and 863.3 instructor. Per AirlineApps.com instructions, the correct entries for me are 1333 and 863 for PIC and instructor respectively (PIC=Total PIC - Instructor). However, for reasons I cannot determine, the Logbook Pro AirlineApps.com report gives me 1098 PIC and 863 Instructor, which is only 1961 total PIC. When I run a Logbook Time Summary by Type, my PIC is correctly shown to be 2196.2, so something is wrong with the Logbook Pro's math when the AirlineApps.com report is generated. I do have evaluator time and other time logged, but that should have no effect on PIC computations.
2. Simulator time is reported as aircraft flight time on the report, even though I have the "simulator" box checked for the simulators under Options/Aircraft. If we enter it that way on the AirlineApps.com website, those hours will get included in total flight experience (i.e., as actual flight time), which is NOT what the airlines want. Simulator time should ONLY be recorded on the "By Simulator" page under "My Flight Time."
3. Military sorties computed incorrectly. The report is incorrectly including instructor sorties in the PIC sorties total, and then correctly counting instructor sorties separately. Example: for me in my primary aircraft, the report says I have 333 PIC sorties and 177 instructor sorties. I also have 63 SIC sorties and 167 student sorties. If I enter those values on the AirlineApps.com website, it gives me 740 total sorties, which is incorrect. As specified in the AirlineApps.com instructions, we don't count instructor time as PIC because the website will automatically combine PIC and instructor on the Flight Time totals page. To get the correct number of sorties, I have to subtract my instructor sorties from my PIC sorties. E.g., 333-177=156, and enter that for PIC sorties. When I do that, the total I get on the AirlineApps website matches the number of sorties I flew as reported in the Logbook Time Summary by Type report.
I did my best to explain the above issues as clearly as possible. If anyone from NC Software has any questions, please send me a PM and we can arrange to talk about it. I'm confident I have the hours/sorties on my AirlineApps.com application correct, but I'd hate for others to transcribe the numbers from the Logbook Pro AirlineApps.com report to their application and then not get hired by Delta/United/etc because the numbers they entered on their application don't match what's actually in their logbook!
Thanks,
Cam
1. PIC time computed incorrectly for aircraft in which instructor time was logged. Example: In my current/primary aircraft, I have 2196.2 PIC hours (including instructor) and 863.3 instructor. Per AirlineApps.com instructions, the correct entries for me are 1333 and 863 for PIC and instructor respectively (PIC=Total PIC - Instructor). However, for reasons I cannot determine, the Logbook Pro AirlineApps.com report gives me 1098 PIC and 863 Instructor, which is only 1961 total PIC. When I run a Logbook Time Summary by Type, my PIC is correctly shown to be 2196.2, so something is wrong with the Logbook Pro's math when the AirlineApps.com report is generated. I do have evaluator time and other time logged, but that should have no effect on PIC computations.
2. Simulator time is reported as aircraft flight time on the report, even though I have the "simulator" box checked for the simulators under Options/Aircraft. If we enter it that way on the AirlineApps.com website, those hours will get included in total flight experience (i.e., as actual flight time), which is NOT what the airlines want. Simulator time should ONLY be recorded on the "By Simulator" page under "My Flight Time."
3. Military sorties computed incorrectly. The report is incorrectly including instructor sorties in the PIC sorties total, and then correctly counting instructor sorties separately. Example: for me in my primary aircraft, the report says I have 333 PIC sorties and 177 instructor sorties. I also have 63 SIC sorties and 167 student sorties. If I enter those values on the AirlineApps.com website, it gives me 740 total sorties, which is incorrect. As specified in the AirlineApps.com instructions, we don't count instructor time as PIC because the website will automatically combine PIC and instructor on the Flight Time totals page. To get the correct number of sorties, I have to subtract my instructor sorties from my PIC sorties. E.g., 333-177=156, and enter that for PIC sorties. When I do that, the total I get on the AirlineApps website matches the number of sorties I flew as reported in the Logbook Time Summary by Type report.
I did my best to explain the above issues as clearly as possible. If anyone from NC Software has any questions, please send me a PM and we can arrange to talk about it. I'm confident I have the hours/sorties on my AirlineApps.com application correct, but I'd hate for others to transcribe the numbers from the Logbook Pro AirlineApps.com report to their application and then not get hired by Delta/United/etc because the numbers they entered on their application don't match what's actually in their logbook!
Thanks,
Cam