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Pilot logbook audit service: what an automated review can check
An automated review is useful preparation for a discussion with an instructor, examiner or interviewer. It is limited to the data in your file.
By Zijian Xiao · Updated November 7, 2026
Start with completeness
Export all relevant flights rather than a filtered date range. Remove spreadsheet total and carry-forward rows from the flight table. Keep historical balances separately; a single 2,500-hour carry-forward row is not one flight. Confirm that every flight has a date, total time and aircraft identifier where appropriate.
Check arithmetic and suspicious rows
FlightLedger flags missing or invalid dates, future dates, negative or malformed time, components above total, PIC/SIC conflicts and instrument mismatches. Same-day flights are informational; identical rows are possible duplicates. Nothing is deleted automatically. A warning means investigate the original, not that a flight is invalid.
Review what the file cannot prove
Compare entries to source documents and signatures. Resolve aircraft category/class, role definitions, simulator entries and cross-country definitions with the appropriate instructor or authority. An automated sum cannot prove a flight occurred or establish which hours count toward a certificate or airline requirement.
Keep a correction trail
Correct your original spreadsheet or source logbook, record why an entry changed, then export again. Confirm the new preview before spending a credit. Once a file is unlocked its mapping is frozen; uploading a revised file uses another credit. Do all corrections in the free preview when possible.
Start with your own file.
See the full automated report and 20 converted rows before paying. A complete export starts at $19. Files expire after 24 hours.
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