Originally Posted by Bajan3
Treason your an idiot..
I was giving fellow pilots a heads up.. I cant speak for the FAA and why they or the CAA do business the way they do . My info is for the thinking pilot.
I can only state what I see happening in the field.
Read SASless post again, he is actually agreeing with you!
Can you legally shoot a practice IFR approach with no safety pilot in a VFR aircraft?
Yes, but only in visual conditions, and you can't use Foggles or screens either.
Can you log this approach for the purpose IFR currency, or log the flight as "simulated Instrument conditions"?
Absolutely not.
Flying practice approaches like that will certainly help you become more familiar with the IFR procedures, but it does not replace real IFR training flights in actual or simulated IMC.
Lots of CFIIs make a similar mistake when doing IFR training flights with their students. The student is wearing the hood, not the instructor. Only the student can log instrument approaches and simulated IMC hours.
All of this refers to FAA rules btw.