Actual instrument vs. instrument (hood)
I have FAA and JAR licenses with instrument ratings. I have flown FAA licenses first and then I have done FAA-JAA conversion. I have all my flights in one logbook. There is two columns for instrument flights in my logbook. One is 'actual instrument' and another is 'instrument hood'.
I filed IFR flight plan for every flight during my FAA IR training. I also wore a foggles during FAA IR training. My FAA flight instructor said that I can use 'actual instrument'-column when I fly in IMC. Even I have IFR flight plan and there is radar contact with ATC and I fly in VMC, then I have 'instrument (hood)'-flight.
During my JAR training everything changed. If I had a IFR flight plan and I flew in VMC or IMC, the flight was 'actual instrument'. If I flew general handling with the foggles without IFR flight plan, then it was 'instrument (hood)' flight.
I know that this is really stupid and small detail. I also know that I could use one column for every IFR flight. I don't want separate logbooks for FAA and JAA flights. Do anybody have any solution how I should fill my logbook correctly?