Quote Originally Posted by 1600vw View Post
You bet I trust the speaker in a webinar put on by the EAA before any random comment on the internet.
Not a random comment. Straight out of an FAA publication - Order 8130.2F Chg. 3:

(23) Condition inspections must be recorded in the aircraft maintenance records showing the following, or a similarly worded, statement: “I certify that this aircraft has been inspected on [insert date] in accordance with the scope and detail of appendix D to part 43, and was found to be in a condition for safe operation.” The entry will include the aircraft’s total time-in-service, and the name, signature, certificate number, and type of certificate held by the person performing the inspection.

I'm not the sharpest knife in the drawer but I fail to see where an alternate method of signing off a condition inspection is described, permitted and/or acceptable. That's why I asked for someone to point out a reference which supports a different method of recording a condition inspection. Otherwise, it's a fallacy.