Transform your Aviation Logbook 

Even with the incredible diversity of experience levels and kinds of pilots and aviation professionals in the industry, there is something you all have in common; you know the key role of aviation logbooks. 

A logbook is the indispensable diary of a pilot’s training, career, and solo journeys. It records not only where they have flown, but who they have flown with, the number of hours, how many landings were undertaken, kinds of instrument approaches, and what kind of airplane took them on their journey. This document is also a mandatory requirement for most if not all airlines as evidence of flying experience. 

Pilots who look through their logbooks after many years in the cockpit can see them as a succession of not only flights, but memories, challenges, and growth. This is why, and from our solid recruiting experience that we want to advise you to TRANFORM YOUR AVIATION LOGBOOK by levelling up it’s the content, it’s impact and it’s relevance with airlines and recruiters. The aviation landscape is changing. So levelling up your log book will only increase your career prospects. 

How do I level up my log book? 

Firstly by learning more about your soft skills, your personality strengths, and what makes you the right fit for recruiting organisations. By complementing your log book with insights around your very own unique STRENGTHS, SKILLS AND VALUES which will add vital information about who you are and what is most important to you as a human being not just a pilot or aviation professional. Going beyond what is still absolutely critical, evidenced information about your flying records, flying duties and cockpit data. This add on will help you stand out from the crowd, in the eyes of recruiters and airlines, demonstrating what you have achieved on top of your flying records. 

• How you have overcome cultural and operational challenges.  
• How you have contributed financially to previous airlines by reducing operational costs or increasing CRM standards with peers.  
• How you have exceeded targets and reached your top performance.  

Finally, you will be empowered to showcase how your decisions, mindset, strengths and skills are what your new potential employer requires for the industry’s recovery. 

This document could work two-fold - it may not only give you ready access to the information aviation recruiters are seeking before going for an interview, when trying to differentiate the many applicants they now receive for the contracts available, it also gives you an opportunity to build your self-awareness and self-confidence as you move forward with your career. 

By completing your logbook on a regular basis, you will take time to reflect on all you have achieved and really bring those successes in front of your mind. This will help you to recognise when you have been in the zone of peak performance and seek out opportunities that enable you to maximise your potential and keep performing at your best. 

How confident are you to create and populate your own strengths & skills logbook?   

All the best, 

Hector Riva-Palacio & Paul Osorio 

Specialists in Aviation Coaching and Airline Recruitment 

PS how confident are you when faced with enhancing your aviation logbook to include your soft skills, strengths and values, to showcase why you are the best candidate to potential recruiters? If you need help we created our Aviation Coaching Course - Adjust with Purpose for you