Matt Whiting wrote in
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Andrew Sarangan wrote:
Greg Esres wrote in
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I went to the source at Frasca...it should be logged only as
simulator time, and not as total time.

If you quoted them accurately, then your interpretation is incorrect.
They merely said it's more convenient to log it in a separate column,
because *some* people want you to break it out. The word "should"
doesn't apply here, because "Total Time" is not defined in the FARs
and therefore there are no rules about logging it.

They are also wrong by saying that the time doesn't belong on an
8710. It does, and in the Total Time column, because what it asks for
is Total PILOT Time, and FTD time is PILOT time.




It is interesting that the 8710 asks for pilot time whereas part 61
often refers to flight time. For example, you need 250 hours of
flight time to qualify for the commercial. I doubt one could use sim
time to count as flight time,


I don't see why not, you may count taxi time... :-)

Matt



Sure, but in order to log taxi time you must have had the intention of
flying. Just taxiing around doesn't count.