Originally Posted by
24Whiskey
There's an interpretation that says the opposite...
I was told by the CP that my instruction hours count towards 117. I don't instruct enough for it to matter anyways but I might bring it up in the next probationary meeting.
Got a link to that one? Here's the interpretation that says they don't count:
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...rpretation.pdf
Company policy is still that one needs approval, but it doesn't seem to be one that's grounded in the FARs. Perhaps a holdover from the pre-117 days where it did count against cumulative time.