An old lead on my crew told me my logbook entries were 'a joke to the next guy' and I've never written one the same way since | Aircraft Mechanics - The Community Guide
An old lead on my crew told me my logbook entries were 'a joke to the next guy' and I've never written one the same way since
About two years ago I was doing a gear swing on a King Air 200 out at a small field outside Tulsa and my lead, a guy named Dale with almost 40 years in, grabbed my paperwork off the bench and just stared at it. He said, and I remember this clear, 'this is a joke to the next guy.' I had written stuff like 'checked gear, looks good' with no pressures, no part numbers, no torque values, nada. I was mad at first, I mean I did the work, right? But he walked me through it. If the next shift pulls that plane and finds a leak or a chafed line, they have zero clue what I touched or what numbers I saw. So now for every task I write the actual readings, the serials, the torque, and I sign it with my stamp number. It takes me maybe 10 extra minutes a shift but I have had two guys this year tell me my write-ups saved them an hour of digging. How much detail do you all put in your log entries, or am I overdoing it now?