Originally Posted by
jerjon7
thanks guys, I was expecting a different answer, at least about the dual given time. i realize flight time is flight time, but dual given, i thought was any instruction given.
There are multiple ways that support the current interpretation of it being flight time. There's the 8hr rule, the rule about dual received (must be flight time, not sim time, unless in an actual simulator and not an FTD), being labeled as "aeronautical experience" in certificate/rating appendices of part 61/141, and so on.