Renewal of PPL Type/Class Rating thingy

[742-xx]

I'm coming to the end of the second year of my PPL.
Just looking through LASORS (a nightmare in itself) I've found this:


12 hours
of flight time in SEP or TMG aircraft as

appropriate to include;
i.



6 hours as pilot-in-command;

ii.


12 take-offs and landings;

iii. a training flight of at least


1 hour’s duration with

a FI(A) or CRI(A)* who must countersign the

appropriate logbook entry (see full details below)

My question is what defines 'flight time' ?

The reason I ask is that I recently converted to a different aircraft by doing a couple of hours with an instructor. i.e. P/UT.

Does this count towards my 12 hours total ? It reads as if it does.
Also, the take-offs and landings, can they be included, even though I was only acting as P/UT ?

Thanks.

[FlyingStone]

As per JAR-FCL-1.001:

Flight time:
The total time from the moment an aircraft
first moves for the purpose of taking off until the
moment it finally comes to rest at the end of the
flight.

Nowhere does it say the 12 takeoffs and landings have to be made as PIC. I think the conversion counts towards required total 12 hours.

[peter272]

.... assuming that at least one of the flights was 1hour in duration or more and the instructor has signed it off.

[Fake Sealion]

The take offs and landings required have to be "as sole manipulator of the controls"

Thus instructional flight do count as long as you meet the above.