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Off Chocks for CASA pilots: your Part 61 logbook, recency and licence hours

Pick CASA as your authority and Off Chocks records the items CASR 61.345 lists, counts your 61.395 and 61.870 recency from the flights you log, and prints a logbook in the ASA two-page layout. It runs on iPad, iPhone and the web, and your first 50 logged hours are free.

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What CASR 61.345 asks you to record

61.345 asks you to record each flight as soon as practicable: the date, aircraft type, single or multi-engine, registration, take-off and landing points, your time by capacity, day or night, instrument time and approach types. A simulator session needs the type it represents, your time by capacity and a description. You keep the logbook for 7 years after the last entry (61.355).

The flight form covers each of those items, with CASA seats of Command, First Officer, Second Officer, PICUS and Dual Received. A simulator session is its own entry type with its device (FFS, FTD, BIT or Other) and stays out of your flight time totals. Each saved flight keeps an edit history, and a deleted flight goes to Recently Deleted, where you can restore it.

A printed copy for when CASA asks

CASA can direct you to produce your logbook within 7 days, and an app logbook goes in as a printed copy with each page certified as a true copy (61.365). The Off Chocks CASA print follows the ASA two-page layout: page totals, totals forwarded and totals to date, an Entries Verified, Signed and Date box on every page, and I.C.U.S. columns for single and multi-engine, day and night.

Its title page reads Certified True Copy and shows your name and date of birth, with name, signature and date lines. The totals page at the end carries the 61.365(3) true-copy statement with its own signature lines.

Recency under 61.395 and 61.870

The Currency page counts 3 take-offs and 3 landings in 90 days by day, and 3 night take-offs and landings in 90 days at night, using civil-twilight night from each flight's airports. For IFR it counts 3 instrument approaches in 90 days, flown in an aircraft or in an FFS or FTD, and flags when you lack a recent 2D or 3D approach.

Your IPC, flight review, night VFR review and medical are dates you enter in Credentials, with reminders before each runs out. If your operator's training and checking system keeps you current, you can mark that, and Off Chocks shows the reason. It does not yet track 61.965 night VFR recency or the 61.875 single-pilot IFR rule.

Hours toward your next licence

The Licence progression card tracks the RPL, PPL, CPL and ATPL, and Goals has templates for the instrument rating and the MPL. The CPL bars follow the 200-hour non-integrated route: 200 total with up to 10 hours from FFS and FTD sessions, 100 PIC, 20 cross-country PIC, and 10 instrument with at least 5 in an aeroplane. There is no 150-hour integrated mode yet.

The ATPL bars cover 1,500 total, 1,400 as a pilot, 750 in aeroplanes, 200 cross-country with 100 as PIC or PICUS, 100 night in aeroplanes other than dual, and 75 instrument with 45 of them in an aeroplane. The 1,500 counts up to 100 hours of FFS and FTD sessions, no more than 25 in an FTD, and the instrument bar takes up to 30 hours of FFS or FTD time. The command bar tests both routes in 61.705(1)(c), 500 hours as PICUS or 250 hours as PIC or PICUS with at least 70 as PIC, and names the one you are closest to. CASA decides your eligibility.

Bringing your logbook across

LogTen Pro Import reads LogTen's tab export, and files from other apps or a spreadsheet go through the CSV import, where you match each column once. Dates default to DD/MM for CASA pilots, and you check every flight at Confirm before anything is saved.

If your early hours sit in a paper logbook, enter the totals per aircraft type as a balance forward. They count toward your totals and print on page one. They don't count toward recency, because they hold no dated flights.

What Off Chocks doesn’t do

  • Work out your IPC, flight review or medical expiry. You enter the date from the document.
  • Track 61.965 night VFR recency or the 61.875 single-pilot IFR rule.
  • Credit time in a BIT or any device other than an FFS or FTD toward the licence bars or instrument recency.
  • Track flight and duty time limits.

Common questions

Can I use an app as my CASA logbook?
Yes. CASR 61.345 does not require paper. When CASA directs you to produce your logbook, you hand over a printed copy with each page certified as a true copy (61.365), and Off Chocks prints that copy.
How long do I keep my logbook?
7 years after the day of the last entry (61.355). Off Chocks keeps your flights in your account, and you can download a full backup file at any time.
Does Off Chocks log ICUS?
Yes. PICUS is one of the CASA seats, and the printed logbook has I.C.U.S. columns for single and multi-engine, day and night.

A plain-words summary to help you keep your own records, not legal advice. The regulation and your operator’s procedures take precedence. Switching apps? Off Chocks compared with LogTen Pro.

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