CAPT CKP RPTS OVERLOOKING ENTERING A MEL ITEM IN LOGBOOK.

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AS A NEW CHK AIRMAN I HAD A GRAND TOTAL OF 65 HRS IN TYPE AND WAS ON MY FIRST TRIP WITH A NEW CAPT. WE HAD FLOWN THE SUBJECT ACFT THE DAY BEFORE AND WERE KEENLY AWARE THAT IT HAD NO APU. OUR PROCS REQUIRE CERTAIN FIRST FLT ACTIONS BE PERFORMED IE; IDG FLUID LEVELS. UPON ARR IN OPS; I NOTICED AN AGENT ENTERING ITEMS FROM OUR LOGBOOK INTO THE COMPUTER. I LOOKED OVER HIS SHOULDER; NOTICED AN ENTRY FOR IDG LEVELS AND PROCEEDED TO THE ACFT. THE LOGBOOK WAS DELIVERED TO OUR ACFT DURING THE CHKLIST READING. I TOOK A CURSORY LOOK AT IT AND STOWED IT ON BOARD. UPON ARR AT OUR DEST WHILST MAKING AN ENTRY; I REALIZED TO MY HORROR THAT THE ENTRY I THOUGH WAS MADE BY MAINT FOR OUR FLT WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE PREVIOUS DAY. I HAD OUR GUYS CHK AND SIGN OFF THE GENERATOR IDG LEVELS ASAP. THE MAJOR REASON THIS HAPPENED WAS I ALLOWED MYSELF TO BECOME OVERLOADED. WE BOTH FAILED TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET OUT OUR MEL AND DOUBLE CHK THE REQUIREMENTS FOR APU INOP. THE ROLE PLAYING ASPECTS FOR GIVING AN INITIAL CAPT'S RIDE; I WILL IN THE FUTURE; MORE CLRLY DEFINE TO MY STUDENTS AND MYSELF.