Originally Posted by
LAXtoDEN
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 7 minutes or whatever you believe to be most accurate. You can’t log an instrument approach without logging instrument.
I edited the thing about working for DL out but you got it quick lol.
I’ll just say that from personal experience UAL does not care about logging actual instrument time at the 121 level. And neither have any of the examiners or FAA employees who have approved my IACRA apps. Nor have I ever cared about it or heard of someone who cares about it, and I’ve been involved in pilot hiring. Perhaps a number of pilots will respond here and prove me wrong.
Part 121 flying is understood to be composed of a significant amount of actual instrument time which would be difficult to log accurately.
Have your logbooks organized and in order. Log IAPs conducted in IMC. They will look. When they look, they won’t care much about actual instrument time. This is very different from the regional level, where regionals are hiring someone out of a Seminole and committing to giving them their ATP ride in a company sim.