ATPL Licensing wait times

desertduster · Post by **desertduster** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 7:53 am

Well I said I would let you know know how long it took, I just got it. It was 7.5 weeks. But not to worry I was assured that ATPL and Commercial licenses were there priority.

ALT SEL · Post by **ALT SEL** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 9:27 am

I will be submitting my log book in the next week or so.. I have the log book up to date and my PIC under supervision sheets all completed as well... Do i need any other documents besides the log book and PIC u/s papers.. And do i need to get the log book certified by my C.P?

I only want to pay the fee once so any tips would be appreciated!

Cheers

just curious · Post by **just curious** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:21 am

The issue for TC, as far as I can tell, is: "Is this clown bullsh*tting me, or does he really have that kind of time?"

So, in order to reduce the possibility of suspicion:

Do you have paysheets or month-end summaries of your hours?
If your logbook has serial-numbered pages, do you have the log serial entered in the remarks?
Has your CP signed off your log?
Is there at least one hero-pilot picture of you sitting in your DHC-5/Metro/Be99 (Doc only )/Concorde, with you actually in flight?
Any cool stickers of places you actually went to?
If you do skeds, and list First Air 954/955 in your remarks column, do you have a copy of your schedule photocopied in your log ?(trust me, you won't remember those numbers 20 years from now, although I'm fairly clear on the sked numbers for Deer Lake, Pikangikum, and Tuktoyuktuk still )
If you did an IFR segment for the day, did you list the approach type?
If you attended a course, and you figure AC, WJ, or Cathay would be interested in it (ICP, Terps, CASO, USC Accident Investigation), why not put that in there?
Do you keep a running total of hours on type or configuration? (DHC-6: 11,324, Be99: 6207.3 Skiis: 4539.2 etc.), Insurance companies and Workopolis are always interested in that sort of crap anyway
If you do batch entries for the day (I'll do 8.9 in an average day), do you have the routing and number of landings in there?
When you get an ATPL, why not tape the commercial licence in your logbook at the spot in the book where you did your commercial ride?
Got a PPC card filled out and you don't need it, glue it in there too
At the end of the day, it is the only book most pilots will ever write, so if you had a hilarious story of an adventure on a flight, or a good pic from the day, or a good sticker from... (The Norseman Festival, the South Pole, CIAS Airshow performer, Sap-sucking '81, or William Tell, Maple Flag, Oshkosh) why not huck it in there? A couple words (the Green Boat, Old Dad's Rescue, The Plug-in Cord...) in the remarks column will help you recall the whole thing 30 years later! If you are on the big iron, pa23 or better, why not use the Single Engine columns for remarks? Every pilot I've ever met had plenty to say, why not you?
TC looks at the book for three minutes and chucks it in a pile. Your grandkids will likely open it up to a random page and frame it. At least, I did that with my Dad's, Grandfather's, and Uncles logs. Why not be prepared for it?

Transport, for your (Private commercial ATPL, Chief Pilot, Ops Manager, ACP, DFTE) will wanna see it.
Your potential employers may want to see it.
Your grandkids will want to see it.
The Aviation Hall of Fame may want to see it.

Why not make it something to remember as opposed to a mandatory document for some clerk you will likely never meet?

tofo · Post by **tofo** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:41 pm

I love it when pilots do what I tell them to do!!!

what a cute little pussy you have

desertduster · Post by **desertduster** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:54 pm

Alt Select - I just made sure all the numbers added up perfectly, then I had a letter from all the companies that I was an FO on a single pilot airplane (BE20,BE30 ect) stating that the aircraft was flown two crew in accordance with OC and company SOP's. As for the log book it was not certified, as I just printed off the digital copy. It was literally 2 hours from the time I called and they said they had not started till I got the call to pick it up so if everything looks good then that is as deep as they go. 7.5 weeks of waiting for 1hours worth of work, and for that I gave them 100 bucks.