who else hates these newer rigging log books

[skybeergodd 0]

I totally hate these newer rigging log books. They don't hold that many pack jobs in them. I've already filled up one this year and a few pages into a second. To fill up one complete log in less than a year is nuts. I wished they gave us the choice of these newer ones or the older version that held alot more entries. If anyone has knowledge of a better log book please let me know. It might just come down to me making up my own.
OK...I thru ranting now.
Blue Skies

[Hooknswoop 19]

I like'em. I have enough room to put all the info I want to log in them. The trade off is less entries per book. They aren't that expensive, $8.00 for every couple of hundered pack jobs is not a large expense. You can always get a notebook and put thousands of entries in it.

Derek

[BillyVance 35]

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You can always get a notebook and put thousands of entries in it.

Derek

Yeah... who said you had to use a logbook, either for rigging or jumping? Make your own if you want to.

"Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban

[riggerrob 643]

Funny, I much prefer the new "three line" logbooks, because they give me enough space to record serial number, etc. of the reserve, harness and AAD. With the price of AADs - and 90% of my customers using them - my boss insists on me writing down serial numbers of everything that passes through my loft .. partly out of fear that it might be stolen. At least - if we have the serial numbers - we can make a detailed report to police.

On the contrary, I found the old style to be a pain as I had to use two or three lines to record all that data.

Stop whining if you filling a logbook per year. It just means that you are fully-employed.

[poppenhager 1]

***There is no rule on what kind of log the rigger uses as long as it has the required intries are entered!
POP D47

[masterrig 1]

I like the newer log books. I agree with the statement earlier, about more room to write information. Besides, they fill-up faster and all those log-books on the shelf looks impressive to clients.


Chuck

[chutingstar 1]

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my boss insists on me writing down serial numbers of everything that passes through my loft .. partly out of fear that it might be stolen. At least - if we have the serial numbers - we can make a detailed report to police.

And this has been used in my loft several times for double-checking serial numbers on stolen gear and getting the correct information out...it's also helped in locating and recovering stolen gear by having an accurate and detailed record of all manufactured dates and serial numbers for all components. We also write the same information down on the work order form/checklist, but it's great to have all the information in a couple of different places.

Mike

ChutingStar.com

[peek 21]

I don't hate them, but all of those spaces for entries sure are overkill for many applications.

As you might guess, if I have recorded all of that info for someone's gear once in a particular logbook, I don't repeat it until it is recorded for the first time in a later logbook.

Seems some rigger a while back was harrassed by someone from the FAA who insisted that he was not keeping complete enough records using the previous design logbook.

So the rigging industry got scared and someone designed a "cover your ass" logbook with spaces for everything.


(rigger Rob, something tells me you know all the details about this.)