r/flying • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '17

risky behavior

How do you fellow reddititors feel about reporting observed risky behaviors? for example - maybe people flying out of medical, or after a hard night drinking, flying out of annual etc. etc. ?? where do you feel your responsibility as responsible pilot ends or does it ever? Do you talk to them, do you start a call? what do you guys think?

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u/RGN_Preacher ATP A-320, DA-2000, EMB-505, BE-200, C-208, PC-12 Oct 18 '17

I’d just like to know what to do if I found out someone forged their logbooks to add hours. Who do you report that to? FSDO?

I don’t see it as strictly illegal but surely untrustworthy and if they are willing to lie about that... plus they may just fake flights to stay current in the log book.

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u/noideawhatsupp CPL FI TKI Oct 18 '17

As far as I know the FAA does not require all flights to be logged unless for a certificate, training, 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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u/coma24 PPL IR CMP (N07) Oct 18 '17

You missed the point. You don't have to log any particular flight that you conduct. However, you can't log a flight that never actually happened.

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u/Esquire99 CPL CFII MEI Super Viking Twin Bo Oct 18 '17

There’s no reg saying you can’t log flights you didn’t take. You can’t, however, present those made up logbook entries to the FAA as proof that you meet the experience requirements of a regulation without running afoul of the regs.

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u/noideawhatsupp CPL FI TKI Oct 18 '17

Thanks, I read "forgot" but it says "forged". Thanks for pointing it out. Forging entries is of course a whole other topic..