Shimmer
Just confirm that your log book dosen't have separate columns for actual and simulated instrument time. I think the argument is in a do-loop due to different terminology. Instrument time can be broken down into actual and simulated. Actual=IMC, simulated=hood/visor etc. Therfore your 40 hours instrument time can be made up of actual and simulated. I know how much actual time i have logged and it is nothing compared to the simulated time. I have always known that you can only log actual if you are IMC.