# Correct a signed lesson record

> A signed record can never be edited. Amend it instead: the original stays on the record struck through and a correction is created beside it. The hours come back only when you sign the correction.

Source: https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/correct-a-signed-lesson
Section: Training and curriculum. For: Instructors, Admins.

A signed record can never be edited. Open the student's record, go to Lessons, click
**Amend** on the signed record, say why, then fix and sign the correction that appears
beside it. The original stays on the record, struck through and badged Superseded.

**Who can do this:** Instructors, Admins

## Amend the record

`Training → Students → the student → Lessons` (web console)

1. **Find the signed record**

   Expand the lesson. Each record underneath shows its own state: Grading, Awaiting
   student, Signed, Superseded.

2. **Click Amend**

   Only a signed record has one. A draft carries **Continue** and **Sign** instead, so if
   you cannot find Amend, the record is not signed yet: edit it directly.

3. **Say why, in the Why box**

   At least three characters, and worth writing properly: this reason is stored on the
   reversal in the ledger and is what an inspector reads. Something like "Landed 12 minutes
   before official night."

4. **Click Amend**

   A new record appears beside the original, badged Correction, not yet signed.

![Amend dialog](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/amend-record-dialog.png)

## Why the numbers drop straight away

The correction arrives unsigned, and only a signed record counts. So the moment you click
Amend, before you have changed anything:

- the lesson stops counting toward lessons complete, and
- every hour the original credited is reversed out of the ledger with a negative entry.

That is intended. A record somebody has declared wrong should not keep crediting hours while
it is being fixed.

> **Careful:** If you amend a record and walk away without signing the correction, the student's hours and
> lesson count stay understated indefinitely. It looks exactly like data loss and it is not.
> Finish the correction in the same sitting.

## Finish and sign the correction

Find the new record, click **Continue**, fix the grade, hours and notes, then **Save and
sign**. The correction starts from the original's grade, hours, notes and task grades, so
usually you are changing one number.

Signing the correction posts its credits, and the student's totals come back.

![Training record, Lessons tab](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/enrollment-lessons.png)

> **Note:** The correction is stamped with whoever saves it as the instructor, and it does not carry the
> original's link back to the booking it was flown on. The flight itself is untouched.

## What an inspector sees afterwards

Both records. The original stays signed and visible, struck through and flagged Superseded;
the correction sits beside it. Both also appear on the Training records report, each with
its own flag, and the reversal appears on the Ledger tab carrying your reason.

That is the whole point of amending rather than editing. Nothing is removed, so the history
of the change is readable a year later. See
[Pull training records for an FAA inspection](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/training-records-for-an-faa-inspection).

## A record can only be amended once

A record that has already been superseded cannot be amended again. If the correction is also
wrong, amend the correction: it is a signed record in its own right once you have signed it.

## Amending is web only

The iPhone app does not offer Amend. A signed record shows there as a read-only Signed and
final panel, and the screen tells you corrections are made in the web console.

- [Read a training record](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/read-a-training-record): What Superseded, Correction and Awaiting student mean on the Lessons tab.
- [Training: why it did that](https://www.aerscheduler.com/docs/training/training-troubleshooting): The numbers dropped, the section vanished, the button is disabled.