Originally Posted by
joepilot
Hi Three Stripes.
I know that 890 IFR out of a total of 1200TT is not impossible, but it will definitely raise some questions from an interviewer. Be prepared for the question. Is there perhaps a difference in the definition of IFR in Europe vs US?
Joe
To avoid confusion, in the US aviation industry...
IFR = IFR flight plan, this could be IMC or VMC.
IMC = Actual IMC. This is what US employers care about, not IFR time. US pilots don't even log "IFR time"
To avoid confusion, lets keep those terms straight.
As others have said, your actual IMC is usually 5-10% of your total, although this could vary by geography. A pilot flying small freight planes out PHX could have zero IMC the whole time.
There's no place in the US (maybe Alaska) where you could hit 75% IMC. It would be possible if you were flying in a very limited geographic location which was socked in at low altitudes all the time, or all winter long for example. But you would really need to be able to explain that...I would go so far as to print out a bunch of METARS over a period of time, that will save the interviewers the trouble of doing it themselves.