Does that also mean that, in the real world, you only operate under IFR - Instrument Flight Rules - when you are in the clouds??
So in effect, RealWorld airliners crossing the atlantic fly VFR most of the time, as there are few clouds at cruising level.
Sounds convenient that your rules change according to operating conditions, does that happen outside aviation also?
I said nothing of the kind. Put words in your own mouth. Not mine.
No, when crossing the atlantic, as I correctly stated previously, one operates under IFR. This is really quite irrelevant to the logging of instrument time, however.
You log IFR time, vs. instrument experience. Got it. Do you log time spent operating VFR as VFR time? Would anybody care?
The regulations require you to log time spent operating on an instrument flight plan as instrument time, or allow you to do so? There's a difference. You're not suggesting that you're under a penalty for failing to log IFR time, when operating IFR, are you?