Originally Posted by
pinseeker
Thank you. Can you tell me how the Air Force tracks IMC time? Does the plane log the time that you are in the clouds or does the pilot have to do that?
Seriously, I would like to know how you track IMC vs VMC vs IFR vs VFR.
You're welcome. AF tracks both instrument & simulated instrument time, and there's a reg that governs the rules for how do correctly document all flight time. Basically anytime the instruments are the primary flight reference (i.e. I can't see the ground), it's instrument time. Flying an instrument approach in VMC is simulated instrument conditions.
But I realize that other career paths do things differently. For an AF guy, it's pretty simple to prove time in instrument conditions. I don't have a background in civilian aviation, so I can't speak to that, but I can understand how the OP has questions on how to present a defendable number at an interview.