FCL.050 Recording of flight time

GENERAL

(a)The record of the flights flown should contain at least the following information:

(1)personal details: name(s) and address of the pilot;

(2)for each flight:

(i)name(s) of PIC;

(ii)date of flight;

(iii)place and time of departure and arrival;

(iv)type, including make, model and variant, and registration of the aircraft;

(v)indication if the aircraft is SE or ME, if applicable;

(vi)total time of flight;

(vii)accumulated total time of flight.

(3)for each FSTD session, if applicable:

(i)type and qualification number of the training device;

(ii)FSTD instruction;

(iii)date;

(iv)total time of session;

(v)accumulated total time.

(4)details on pilot function, namely PIC, including solo, SPIC and PICUS time, co-pilot, cruise-relief co-pilot, dual, FI or FE;

(5)Operational conditions, namely if the operation takes place at night, or is conducted under instrument flight rules.

(b)Logging of time:

(1)PIC flight time:

(i)the holder of a licence may log as PIC time all of the flight time during which he or she is the PIC;

(ii)the applicant for, or holder of, a pilot licence may log as PIC time all solo flight time, flight time as SPIC, flight time under supervision as well as flight time of successfully completed skill tests, proficiency checks and assessments of competence, provided that such SPIC time, flight time under supervision and tests, checks and assessments are countersigned by the instructor or examiner, as applicable ;

(iii)the holder of an instructor certificate may log as PIC all flight time during which he or she acts as an instructor in an aircraft;

(iv)the holder of an examiner’s certificate may log as PIC all flight time during which he or she occupies a pilot’s seat and acts as an examiner in an aircraft;

(v)a co-pilot acting as PICUS on an aircraft on which more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft or as required by operational requirements provided that such PICUS time is countersigned by the PIC;

(vi)if the holder of a pilot licence carries out a number of flights upon the same day returning on each occasion to the same place of departure and the interval between successive flights does not exceed 30 minutes, such series of flights may be recorded as a single entry;

(vii)where Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 requires the pilot to act as PIC under the supervision of another pilot (supervisor), both the pilot and the supervisor may log the flight time as PIC.

(2)co-pilot flight time: the holder of a pilot licence occupying a pilot seat as co-pilot may log all flight time as co-pilot flight time on an aircraft on which more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft, the regulations or the operations manual of the operator under which the flight is conducted;

(3)cruise relief co-pilot flight time: a cruise relief co-pilot may log all flight time as co-pilot when occupying a pilot’s seat;

(4)instruction time: a summary of all time logged by an applicant for a licence or rating as flight instruction, instrument flight instruction, instrument ground time, etc., may be logged if certified by the appropriately rated or authorised instructor from whom it was received;

(5)PICUS flight time: provided that the method of supervision is acceptable to the competent authority, a co-pilot may log as PIC flight time flown as PICUS when all the duties and functions of PIC on that flight were carried out in such a way that the intervention of the PIC in the interest of safety was not required.

(c)Format of the record:

(1)details of flights flown under commercial air transport may be recorded in an electronic format maintained by the operator. In this case an operator should make the records of all flights operated by the pilot, including differences and familiarisation training, available upon request to the flight crew member concerned;

(2)for other types of flights in aeroplanes, helicopters and powered-lift aircraft, the pilot should record the details of the flights flown in the following logbook format, which may be kept in electronic format. All data set out in (a) should be included.

(3)For airships, a suitable format, which may be electronic, should be used. That format should contain the relevant items mentioned in (a) and additional information specific to the type of operation.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

(d)FCL.050 requires holders of a pilot licence to record details of all flights flown. This logbook enables pilot licence holders to record flying experience in a manner which will facilitate this process while providing a permanent record of the licence holders flying. Pilots who fly regularly aeroplanes and helicopters or other aircraft categories are recommended to maintain separate logbooks for each aircraft category.

(e)Flight crew logbook entries should be made as soon as practicable after any flight undertaken. All entries in the flight crew logbook should comply with the following:

(1)in case of paper records, they should be made in ink or indelible pencil; or

(2)in case of electronic records, they should be made and kept in a way to be readily available at the request of a competent authority, and contain all relevant items that are mentioned in (a), certified by the pilot, and in a format acceptable by the competent authority.

(f)The particulars of every flight in the course of which the holder of a flight crew licence acts as a member of the operating crew of an aircraft are to be recorded in the appropriate columns using one line for each flight, provided that if an aircraft carries out a number of flights upon the same day returning on each occasion to the same place of departure and the interval between successive flights does not exceed 30 minutes, such series of flights may be recorded as a single entry.

(g)Flight time is recorded:

(1)for aeroplanes, touring motor gliders and powered-lift aircraft, from the moment an aircraft first moves to taking off until the moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the flight;

(2)for helicopters, from the moment a helicopter’s rotor blades start turning until the moment the helicopter finally comes to rest at the end of the flight, and the rotor blades are stopped;

(3)for airships, from the moment an airship is released from the mast to taking off until the moment the airship finally comes to rest at the end of the flight, and is secured on the mast;

(h)When an aircraft carries two or more pilots as members of the operating crew, one of them shall, before the flight commences, be designated by the operator as the aircraft PIC, according to operational requirements, who may delegate the conduct of the flight to another suitably qualified pilot. All flying carried out as PIC is entered in the logbook as ‘PIC’. A pilot flying as ‘PICUS’ or ‘SPIC’ enters flying time as ‘PIC’ but all such entries are to be certified by the PIC or FI in the ‘Remarks’ column of the logbook.

(i)Notes on recording of flight time:

(1)column 1: enter the date (dd/mm/yy) on which the flight commences;

(2)column 2 or 3: enter the place of departure and destination either in full or the internationally recognised three or four letter designator. All times should be in UTC;

(3)column 5: indicate whether the operation was SP or MP, and for SP operation whether SE or ME;

Example:

(4)column 6: total time of flight may be entered in hours and minutes or decimal notation as desired;

(5)column 7: enter the name(s) of PIC or SELF as appropriate;

(6)column 8: indicate the number of landings as pilot flying by day or night;

(7)column 9: enter flight time undertaken at night or under instrument flight rules if applicable;

(8)column 10: pilot function time:

(i)enter flight time as PIC, SPIC and PICUS as PIC;

(ii)all time recorded as SPIC or PICUS is countersigned by the aircraft PIC/FI in the ‘remarks’ (column 12);

(iii)instructor time should be recorded as appropriate and also entered as PIC.

(9)column 11: FSTD:

(i)for any FSTD enter the type of aircraft and qualification number of the device. For other flight training devices enter either FNPT I or FNPT II as appropriate;

(ii)total time of session includes all exercises carried out in the device, including pre- and after-flight checks;

(iii)enter the type of exercise performed in the ‘remarks’ (column 12), for example operator proficiency check, revalidation.

(10)column 12: the ‘remarks’ column may be used to record details of the flight at the holder’s discretion. The following entries, however, should always be made:

(i)instrument flight time undertaken as part of the training for a licence or rating;

(ii)details of all skill tests and proficiency checks;

(iii)name and signature of PIC if the pilot is recording flight time as SPIC or PICUS;

(iv)name and signature of the instructor if the flight is part of any of the following: an SEP aeroplane or TMG class rating or single-engine helicopter type rating revalidation; flying activity that is performed by an LAPL holder to comply with recency requirements;

(v)in cases where a skill test and proficiency check in single-pilot aircraft is completed in either a combination of single-pilot and multi-pilot operation or solely in multi-pilot operation, information as follows:

(A)name and signature of the examiner conducting the skill test or proficiency check or operator proficiency check;

(B)the name of the operator in the case of the operator proficiency check; and

(C)the form of operation as follows:

(1)in the case of a combination of single-pilot operation and multi-pilot operation: ‘SP/MP’;

(2)in the case of solely multi-pilot operation: ‘MP only’

(vi)‘CRCP’ when the pilot acted as cruise-relief co-pilot.

(j)When each page is completed, accumulated flight time or hours should be entered in the appropriate columns and certified by the pilot in the ‘remarks’ column.

Example:

EXAMPLES FOR THE USE OF COLUMN 12 ‘REMARKS’ OF THE PILOT LOGBOOK Pilots may use column 12 ‘remarks’ of the pilot logbook (AMC1 FCL.050) to record the specific nature of a particular flight in the following cases, since a record of relevant experience might be useful with respect to operational requirements:

(a)flight time as a pilot in a specialised operation, using the list provided in GM1 NCO.SPEC.100 and GM1 SPO.GEN.100 (see AMC1 ORO.FC.146(e);(f)&(g) of the AMC and GM to Annex III (PartORO) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 — ED Decision 2014/017/R);

(b)HEC 1 and 2 cycles, HESLO 1, 2, 3, and 4 cycles, and HHO hoisting cycles by day and night, as pilot flying (see AMC1 SPO.SPEC.HEC.100 and AMC1 SPO.SPEC.HESLO.100 of the AMC and GM to Annex VIII (Part-SPO) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 — ED Decision 2014/018/R, and point SPA.HHO.130 of Annex V (Part-SPA) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012);

(c)HHO hours (see point SPA.HHO.130 of Part-SPA);

(d)offshore landings by day / by night, as pilot flying (see point SPA.HOFO.170 of Part-SPA);

(e)NVIS flights or hours (see GM1 SPA.NVIS.130 of the AMC and GM to Annex V (Part-SPA) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 — ED Decision 2012/019/R);

(f)IFR approaches in the single-pilot role (see point ORO.FC.202 of Annex III (Part-ORO) to Regulation (EU) No 965/2012);

(g)any activity deemed necessary to be recorded for evidence purposes. Pilots may also use column 12 ‘remarks’ to record IFR approaches exercising PBN privileges and RNP APCH approaches in single-pilot operations (see Appendix 8 to Annex I (Part-FCL)).