Full Flight Simulator Time Log
Session log for Level C/D full flight simulators — device, tasks, approaches and credits tracked separately from aircraft time, export-ready.
Credit rules: FFS time credits broadly: type ratings, 61.58 checks, airline recurrent and substantial portions of ATP training run in Level D boxes.
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⚠️ Not for operational decisions. This is a record-keeping and planning aid only — not certified avionics, not a source of regulatory truth. Always verify against official sources (FAA) and your operator's approved documents before flying.
Disclaimer: This tool is for general informational and estimation purposes only and is not professional financial, tax, accounting or legal advice. All figures are estimates — verify with a qualified professional before making decisions. Read the full disclaimer.
Free full flight simulator time log: record every session in Level C/D full flight simulators with device identity, tasks and approaches — keeping sim credits cleanly separated from aircraft time the way auditors want.
About Full Flight Simulator Time Log
Simulator credits are real money — FFS time credits broadly: type ratings, 61.58 checks, airline recurrent and substantial portions of ATP training run in Level D boxes — but they're device-specific, which makes the recordkeeping the whole game: time in an unidentified 'sim' credits nothing. This log captures each session with the device and its qualification level, duration, approaches, holding and content, then maintains device-hour totals and the rolling six-month approach count that currency planning runs on. Keeping it separate from aircraft time isn't pedantry; it's how the credit survives the audit, and it's how you discover that your winter currency plan can run on the cheap box instead of the expensive aeroplane.
How to use Full Flight Simulator Time Log
- 1Log each session with device, level, time, approaches and content.
- 2Watch device hours and the 6-month approach tile accumulate.
- 3Export for your IR application, IPC prep or interview paperwork.
Why use Full Flight Simulator Time Log?
- ✓Built for Level C/D full flight simulators with device-identity per session
- ✓Tracks the credits that matter: type ratings
- ✓Rolling 6-month approach count for currency planning
- ✓Separates sim from aircraft time — the separation audits require
- ✓Private browser storage; CSV export for training files
Frequently asked questions
How does full-flight-simulator time appear in a professional logbook?+
As simulator time, never flight time — but it's simulator time with teeth: type ratings, proficiency checks and airline recurrents live in Level C/D devices, and interviewers read FFS columns as type-specific experience. Log device type and qualification level, session content and the check events passed; an FFS record with LOFT details reads like the career history it is.
Why must the device identity be logged every session?+
Because every credit rule is conditioned on the device's qualification: an AATD's letter of authorization, an FTD's level, an FFS's C/D qualification. The same hour of 'sim' credits 0, 10, 20 hours — or a type rating — depending on that identity. Sessions logged with device and level are auditable; sessions logged as 'sim, 1.5h' are donations.
Is simulator time flight time?+
No — it's training/simulator time, logged in its own column, and conflating the two is among the fastest ways to have an entire logbook questioned. Totals here stay separate by design. Where sim time legitimately substitutes (IR hours, currency tasks, checks), it does so under explicit rules as SIM time; the credit comes from the rule, not from relabeling.
What happens to my entries if I clear my browser?+
Clearing site data or doing a full browser reset deletes locally stored entries — that is the price of a genuinely private, server-free design. Protect yourself with the one-click CSV download before any cleanup, OS reinstall or new laptop: re-importing your history later is far easier than reconstructing it from memory.
How do I back up or print these records?+
Use the Export CSV button below the table: it downloads your full simulator record as a spreadsheet-ready file. From there you can print a clean copy, archive it with your training folder, or import it into any electronic logbook program. Exporting monthly is a good habit since the working data lives only in your browser.
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