"Ron Natalie" wrote in message m...

"Bill Zaleski" wrote in message ...
Ron:

There is one little legal catch that makes currency an issue: You
must be current to file and receive an IFR clearance, regardless of
the WX conditions and the instruction required for the IFR dual cross
country must be given under an IFR clearance, but not necessarily
instrument conditions.

Correct, shlould have said PIC under IFR. You want to be excessively
pedantic, even an IFR clearance isn't required. You can operate IFR
in uncontrolled airspace without a clearance.

The point I was trying to make is that instrument currency is a function of
being PIC not giving an instruction. I've got a friend who's an instructor
but can't be PIC (no medical). I can get all sorts of instruction from him,
but nothing that requires him to adopt the PIC role.

I should further point out that not only can't he be PIC, he can't be safety
pilot either, which cuts out the opportunity for him to be safety pilot as well.
He could give instruction in IMC (provided the student acts as PIC), but he
can't give insturment instruction to a student under the hood.