Wasn't long ago when a Virgin Blue captain realised he was out of currency and after landing instructed his first officer who was completing the legal paperwork on the ground, to "put me down for two hours instrument flying"
I don't actually have a problem with that. I'm sure he would have had the actual recency required but was too lazy to log it on night flights etc. You don't fly a 737 around the country every day navigating by reference to the ground do you. To a
VB 73 Captain it probably makes little or no difference to him if he is IMC or severe clear when he's trucking along at night (or day for that matter) in the cruise. I know guys who do tasman flights and won't log any IFR time if it's a nice day and others who log most of it, who really cares once you've reached that level? Not me thats for sure
