logging sim time

[flybrowntails]

i say log it however you wish. if you want to log it as FE time or log it as SE sea time do it. it's your logbook--

the only problem is if you need the sim hours for currency (landings, approaches...)you need to have a record of it. If employed with an airline, most keep acurate records of this. You may also need the time for an additional type or rating.

my logbook has a column for sim time that i log ftd and sim in (only this column).

So remember frasca 142 ftd could = pic heavy jet time in your logbook

 

[Cosmo1999]

I think this horse is officially dead but honestly how does extra dual given help out at all anyways? Airlines are looking for total time, multi time, instrument time, experience in different AIRCRAFT types. None of them could care a less if you even had a couple hundred hours in a full motion sim. Also notice when requirements are listed for any pilot job the dual given required is 0; unless its a CFI job of course. Dual given is just a way to enhance your resume a bit saying I didnt just hop around for 700 hours after I got my commercial I actually spent it teaching other people how to fly. Keep it simple, for students log it under simulator time, for instructors dont log it at all cause it isnt going to help unless you apply to be a sim instructor somewhere.

 

[abaile]

logging of flight simulator time all depends on the type of logbook you posess. Most logbooks have a separate column for flight simulator time. This time also counts as dual recieved or given depending on your role. It depends on your personal preference in logging time in your logbook. Most logbooks have DUAL RECIEVED under TYPE OF PILOTING TIME which generally is recieved in an aircraft. If you are instructing and you want to count your instruction given in an FTD I would create another column as FTD dual given to keep your total flight instruction time separate from actual aircraft instruction.

Most FBOs or Airlines want total flight dual given, which would not include FTD instruction time since it is not total flight time.

Hope that helps.