"N2310D" wrote in message
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Granted that we can pretty much enter anything into our log books as long
as we are willing to sign the true and accurate caveat at the bottom of
the page.

There is no requirement to sign the logbook as "true and accurate", never
mind to do so on each page.

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So what's the point? I suppose the entry tallies up another 30 minutes in
the total time column. I'd have another hundred hours in my log book if
I'd tallied up the number of times I sat in the front seat and never
touched the controls. How about riding in the back seat? Or seat 18C on
Southwest from LAX to Phoenix?

"Total time" is generally used to track total *loggable* time. If the time
is not otherwise loggable for other reasons, most pilots would not include
it under "total time".

So, what's the point? None. It's a waste of time. Even worse, the pilot
can't use that "total time" number for any regulatory purpose if they
pollute it by including flights that aren't actually loggable. Logging time
like that just makes things harder.

Pete