It seems some people need to gain hours by ANY means possible??
Hours mean B*&^er all. it is experience which counts, do your "monitoring of IFR" by all means in SE SP Operations, but fer C*&^%s sake be honest how you log what, when and how.
The industry is going to hell in a hand basket fast enough with CASA's help, don't push the operation further down hill.
All my co-Pilot time was half cut always to Aeronautical Experience totals anyway. Doesn't mean much in 19,000 hrs total over 40 yrs
I prefer to go by ship these days anyway.