Originally Posted by
peengleeson
Is there a reference I can use by chance?
CFR 61.159 (a)(6)
CFR 61.64 (a)(2)
AC 61-136B - **this is a bit more in depth than the FAR's. Read carefully. Pay close attention to where it mentions experience over tasks. They're two different things entirely.
Then there's some stuff buried in the FSIMS somewhere. Don't know exactly where, and too lazy to look. That's the APD's and examiner's guideline on certifying time.
If you plan on using the FTD time, I would bring so much documentation that it will be almost obnoxious for the APD to go through. Then still expect to be told it doesn't count. If you gather a bunch of documentation and it still doesn't look crystal clear to you, don't count it. If you aren't sure, contact training dept and ask for an interpretation. Better to be absolutely sure than uncertain when you get to checkride day. Speaking from experience...I had issues with sim time on my checkride day from previous work at a 142 school. Spent hours of anxiety and agony untangling the sim time mess.