With the updated Civil Aviation Rules in effect as of 5 April 2025, there has been a new provision under CAR 61.29(h) for the use of approved software for maintaining an electronic logbook –
(h) The Director may approve the use of software for an electronic logbook rather than a bound book provided they are satisfied that the software and user instructions contained within it provide assurance equivalent to paragraphs (c) to (g) above as to:
(1) the format of entries (2) how entries are certified (3) how records are retained (4) how computer-generated flights records are entered (5) how entries may be altered (6) how a logbook is submitted to the Director, and (7) when records are entered.
Guidance on the approval of software for the use of an electronic logbook in lieu of the current approved bound logbook is still in development and until this is finalised participants are required to comply with CAR 61.29(c).
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