Originally Posted by
three1five
FWIW this is the first time I’ve heard of a 121 pilot logging actual instrument time. There’s no way to make that time accurate without constantly starting/stopping clocks at times when we should be paying attention to flying. The way modern airliners are flown, logging actual instrument doesn’t make much sense anyway.
IAPs conducted in IMC, sure, many log those, but actual instrument is different. FWIW quoted poster has stated on the forum they fly for DL so unsure the relevance to a UAL hiring subject.
When I started flying I was recommended to log instrument approaches for Delta with Airlines apps. Your instructor never started a timer when they put you under the hood while conducting instrument training. They made an educated guess. Same deal while flying the line. If you’re going to log an instrument approach, at least say you had X minutes of actual. Just log it to what you believe to be most accurate. You can’t log an instrument approach without logging instrument.