Originally Posted by
Shaun
Instrument time? Actual or simulated?
No instrument time, that is for the airplane only. "Simulated Instrument" usually means hood time in a real airplane. When applying for jobs or ratings you simply your add your actual, your simulated (hood), and your simulator time to get your total instrument experience. At the entry level, the sims don't have visuals to speak of, so all of your simulator time is assumed to be instrument experience.
Different employers will allow different amounts of credit for sim or hood time vs. actual, so you want to keep them very seperate.