Jose wrote in message om...
What is the rating you are after? The FAR's spell it out pretty
clearly. If you land at an airport or other place then where you take
off from, it is clearly a cross country flight.

Since (aside from one's own pleasure) the point of logging a flight as XC is for ratings, I log as XC only flights that qualify under the 50nm rule. It makes it easier to count later.

Jose
Jose
The FAR's are pretty specific about XC logging for a rating. Aside
from that, there is no requirement to log any time except to prove
recency or qualification for a particular rating. We can always
nit-pick the finer points later but I do see your point. Problem is
after you already have all the ratings and forget to log time. I
suspect I've lost a thousand hours in the log from pure laziness in
that regard. When you are flying 12-14 hour days you are too damned
tired to fool with a logbook as you head for a shower and bed!
Cheers
Ol Shy & Bashful