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Flight Hours & Logbook Conversion FAQ

📊 Military Flight Hours & Logbook Conversion Gouge

Q1: How do I calculate Pilot-in-Command (PIC) time for AirlineApps and PilotCredentials?

Answer: For civilian airline applications (AirlineApps.com & PilotCredentials.com):

  • Aircraft Commander (AC) Time: Logged as PIC.
  • Instructor (IP) & Evaluator (EP) Time: Logged as PIC when logged from a pilot station.
  • Co-Pilot / First Officer (CP) Time: Logged as SIC (Second-in-Command), even if you hold senior military rank or formation flight lead responsibility on the mission.
  • Student / Dual Received Time: Logged as Dual Received (not PIC or SIC).

Q2: How do military sortie multipliers work on applications?

Answer: Major airlines recognize that military flight hour systems log takeoff-to-touchdown rather than taxi-to-shutdown.

  • Delta Air Lines: Permits adding +0.3 hours per military sortie (or +0.2 for heavy military aircraft).
  • United Airlines: Permits adding +0.2 hours per military sortie.
  • American Airlines: Permits adding +0.3 hours per military sortie.
  • FedEx & UPS: Require logging raw military hours with 0 multiplier on the initial application.
Always keep a “Raw Unadjusted Military” column in your digital logbook software alongside your “Airline Multiplier Converted” column. You must be able to demonstrate to an interview auditor how your multiplier totals were computed.

Q3: How much simulator time counts toward my FAR 61.160 R-ATP?

Answer: Under 14 CFR § 61.160, military pilots may count up to 25 hours of full-flight simulator (FFS) time toward the 750-hour total time requirement, provided the simulator training was part of an approved military flight training program.

Q4: Does Student / Primary Pilot Training time count toward my 750 hours?

Answer: Yes! All dual flight time logged during official U.S. military flight training (e.g., T-6, T-38, T-44, TH-57, T-1) counts toward your total flight time for the 750-hour military R-ATP.

Q5: What if my military logbook is missing night or instrument entries?

Answer: Military flight clerks sometimes under-report night or instrument conditions on Form 781 or NAVFLIR logs. You may estimate night or instrument hours based on official military flight orders, mission logs, or night vision goggle (NVG) records, provided your calculations are reasonable, documented, and defensible in a logbook audit.