Gordy,
I maintain one can log IFR for the entire duration of the flight if.....
Instrument takeoff from the pad.....done the old Army way...that means with Hood firmly attached and the takeoff is done solely by reference to instruments....the enroute portion is done solely by reference to instruments....and the approach is done solely by reference to instruments....and the landing from ILS minimums takes less than 2.4 minutes or less. As one logs to the nearest 5 Minutes....the VFR portion would have to be logged as "0" and one cannot log "0" and deduct any time from the any other time logged as part of the same flight.
Likewise the Cross country time starts from the time you depart on the X-C flight or part of the flight. In a single sector flight....point A to point B....all of it is cross country. If you depart from the local practice area after performing some aerial work....then only that portion of the flight from the Training Area to your destination would be X-C flight.
People make logging of flight time difficult.....as the rules can be a bit confusing if you do not read the rules accurately.
I submit you can log every single minute of flight time you accrue regardless of License qualifications.
Example....I go out and buy myself a Douglas DC 4....a four pistoned engine transport airplane....read the User's Manual....fire that puppy up and go flying. I fly from Miami to some place south like say....Columbia and back with an RON in Columbia. I fly IMC, Night, and make a VOR approach and landing at night.
I log Day, Night, X-C, Instrument, an Instrument Approach....and do so with my PPL/Helicopter license.....no big deal.
Way back when....I was offered a DC-4 job despite despite not having a DC-4 type rating......on pretty much the same route I described above. When I suggested that would be a problem with the FAA.....I was reminded that would be the least of my problems if I got caught. Which made sense.....and why I decided to try other endeavors.
Last edited by SASless; 7th June 2012 at 14:54.