A colleague recently asked me if he could record his Level D sim time as 'Flight TIme'.
My instant response was 'don't be silly' but it seems there are a considerable number of people out there who believe that to be the case. They reason that if you can complete a TR on a level D FFS without touching the real aircraft then you must be able to record the sim time as 'flight time'.
Elsewhere on Prune there is a discussion about that question in the fixed wing context and it appears there may be grey areas within certain jurisdictions.
The only relevant reference I can find is in the UK LASORS document. My copy is 2007 and on page 39 of Appendix B to Section A it makes the following statement:
"STD time is creditable towards courses and licence issue but it is not flight time and must not be recorded as such. STD time must be recorded separately from flight time recorded in the logbook."
Can anyone point me towards something with a broader focus, either JAR or EASA derived protocol?
Thanks
G.