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Originally Posted by wheelsup  Situation: You sign a student's logbook and then they change it after the fact from 1.8 to 4.8 TT. What is in the logbook, with your signature, is incorrect. Are you in trouble as far as the FAA is concerned? Who signs the logbook on each page to verify it's validity? The owner of the logbook, or the CFI?
I agree with you in principle with signing an obvious incorrect entry. But remember you aren't certifying the time logged, just that you did training. It's up to the logbook owner to see that the entries are correct. |
We obviously disagree about what we are certifying with our signature.
You've already told us what you think the CFI is =not= certifying with that signature - not the time, not the maneuvers that were covered, not whether it was a cross country flight. So, exactly what do you think the CFI is certifying with his =only= required signature anywhere other than on an 8710? That he gave at least 1 second of instruction on unspecified stuff?
You apparently think that as instructors the FAA would not look very closely at us if it were discovered that a student pilot's logbook had padded training time and training coverage entries. Again, all I can say is we can agree to disagree. Your question "The owner of the logbook, or the CFI?" suggests you think that it's one or the other. I think the answer is "both."
So at that inquiry, you are asked, "Didn't you see that your student added 3 hours to that dual cross country flight?" If you are satisfied with the answer, "Yeah, I saw it. I didn't ask for a correction. Didn't cross out my signature. Instead, I continued to add my signature to new entries. I figured what the ****. Not my problem," you're welcome to go for it.
BTW, you ask, "Who signs the logbook on each page to verify it's validity?" Can you show us the regulation that requires the logbook owner to sign each page? Or anything in the logbook for that matter?