AMC1 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, 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 and flight time under supervision provided that such SPIC time and flight time under supervision are countersigned by the instructor;

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