Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I would only log FTD as sim, never dual. Dual is instruction recieved in an airplane. Sim time is NEVER valid without an instructor, so it is assumed by definition that sim time is also dual.
FTD time could never be logged as actual XC. What get's confusing is that regs in some cases say that you can SUBSTITUTE a type of training for a experience requirement...in this case you can substitute sim for the XC flight time. This does NOT mean that the sim BECOMES XC, it is still just sim time flown in a XC profile. Do not log it as XC.
If you miss-log some of this stuff, it will make your life hard when you have to explain it at an interview...instead of selling yourself to the best of your ability, you will be sitting in a corner under a cloud of suspicion, frantically punching a calculator to arrive at some totals which make sense to the interviewer.
Amen brother. Not to mention that when you go on an FAA checkride you and your instructor's integrity would be in question by the examiner and would also probably be sent back home and told not to come back until you meet the experience requirements.
FTD does not count toward any FLIGHT time.