Btw. I've heard building under the hood is the way to go since you might as well build IR hours. Can anyone confirm this? Maybe other advise that can save us builders from some "arghs!!"?? Everything much appreciated, thank you very much,
If you want to have overages on your CPL yes - this is a good idea
Remember the CPL is VFR flying and most people really struggle because they "waste" their hour building just flying from point to point, which costs them extra in the CPL!
Make sure you can competently complete every maneouvre such as all 4 landings (normal, glide, short field, flapless) -0/+5 kts, complete a PFL perfectly, emergencies, stalling, steep turns, practise tracking and intercepting.
Also you can't log under the hood time unless you hold an IR/IMC or you with an instructor - which you then can't log as PIC anyhow.
I know of two people who had their hours "researched"
1) Someone who did hour building in twin in the USA - they wanted to make sure none of it was safety pilot time - which it was - so they didn't accept some of it.
2) For some reason they asked the school where they did the hour building to verify their hours - not sure why.
If your flying at a school - get them to verify your logbook with their school stamp.