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I am a CFI. I had a student do his second solo XC a few days ago. I could not be at the airport due to work, and no other instructors were there (it's a small school with all part-time CFIs). So in order to provide him with the required endorsement, I had him fill out his navigation log, weather, etc., and then send them to me via attachments to text messages. I reviewed them, asked him a few questions, had him make a few changes, then wrote out an endorsement, took a picture of it, and sent it back to him via text. He completed the XC with no problems.
61.93(c)(2)(ii) says:
For each cross-country flight, the authorized instructor who reviews the cross-country planning must make an endorsement in the person's logbook after reviewing that person's cross-country planning, as specified in paragraph (d) of this section.
Obviously, I did not make this endorsement in the student's physical logbook. However, the advent of electronic logs has changed for many the definition of what is considered a "logbook", and in my mind, it's a reasonable thing to consider an electronic endorsement as a part of that logbook.
Next time we meet, I plan to bring the endorsement I wrote and stick it in his physical logbook so everything is nice and neat.
I think it's pretty clear that I complied with the spirit of the requirement to review the student's planning. What I'm not sure of is whether this is an accepted practice or not. And if not, why wouldn't it be?
61.93(c)(2)(ii) says:
For each cross-country flight, the authorized instructor who reviews the cross-country planning must make an endorsement in the person's logbook after reviewing that person's cross-country planning, as specified in paragraph (d) of this section.
Obviously, I did not make this endorsement in the student's physical logbook. However, the advent of electronic logs has changed for many the definition of what is considered a "logbook", and in my mind, it's a reasonable thing to consider an electronic endorsement as a part of that logbook.
Next time we meet, I plan to bring the endorsement I wrote and stick it in his physical logbook so everything is nice and neat.
I think it's pretty clear that I complied with the spirit of the requirement to review the student's planning. What I'm not sure of is whether this is an accepted practice or not. And if not, why wouldn't it be?