Originally Posted by
cws1028
OK, I have heard a few different things on this, so want to see if any one knows the correct answer. If I am doing sim. Instrument work in an FAA approved FTD (I am an II and the lesson is being done for either currency or for an approved lesson to be completed in the sim under my schools 141 syllabus), the student can log it as dual received, but can I log it as Instruction Given?
Technically, yes.
BUT....
The yes is in 61.1(b)
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(15) Pilot time means that time in which a person -
(i) Serves as a required pilot flight crewmember;
(ii) Receives training from an authorized instructor in an aircraft, flight simulator, or flight training device; or
(iii) Gives training as an authorized instructor in an aircraft, flight simulator, or flight training device.
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The "BUT" is notice that the definition is for
pilot time (stuff I'm underlining are defined in the FAR) not for
flight time.
Flight time requires an
aircraft and even the best sim is not an
aircraft.
As the others said, because of this you always want to log sim time in its own column. If you think that the sim instruction given would be valuable for something (like an instructional position) then by all means log it, but keep it separate from your
flight time entries.
(btw, that also goes for the student logging it as dual received. It should be kept separate.)
(Just an FYI - the FAR doesn't require the logging of instruction given)