When in the RAF instructing and examining I logged Actual IF if we were IMC irrespective of who was actually flying the aircraft - this was the accepted (maybe laid down in GASOs) practice. If you were in VMC simulating IF then you, as the QFI, could not log IF time. My understanding is that in the civilian world the same applies (discounting the IFR/VFR time controvosy). BEagle, you log instructional time when examining - it's no different really to logging Act IF when supervising someone else flying the aircraft in IMC.