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Ya i'm not asking this because I want it in there so it gives me more time and looks good on my resume or anything. Its just that I heard recently that you must log it as dual received if you want to use that time towards a certificate or rating or it isn't usable.
[/ QUOTE ]IMO, it's probably a good idea to log it that way, but you don't have to.
Let's start with the reg (amazing what you find when you start there:
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61.51(h) Logging training time.
(1) A person may log training time when that person receives training from an authorized instructor in an aircraft, flight simulator, or flight training device.
(2) The training time must be logged in a logbook and must:
(i) Be endorsed in a legible manner by the authorized instructor; and
(ii) Include a description of the training given, the length of the training lesson, and the authorized instructor's signature, certificate number, and certificate expiration date.
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So, clearly, it is logable as training received. Do you have to? Well, the general rule is that if it ain't recorded in your logbook, it doesn't exist. If you are going to count the time toward training requirements, the device time has to be logged as training time in some way. Don't log it as training; can't count it as training.
But at some point, so long as you don't violate something in 61.51, how you choose to record some things is up to you. Most common example is cross country time. Do you record only the >50 NM type for certificate and ratings, or do you keep track of all point-to-point flights for eventual 135 requirements. The only real rule is that what you want counted and how to count is has to be c lear from the logbook, not from talking to youon the phone about what you were doing.
In the context of device time, do you want to put it all in one column and separate it as needed later? Sure go ahead. Do you want to keep a pure "dual received in flight" column? Go right ahead and leave device time out of it.The training in device time is pretty easy to identify it as training time. The required instructor endorsement (all training time must be endorsed) is a clue. Want to make it clearer? Put the word "traiing" in the renmarks column next to the endorsement.
BTW, it won't give you a better looking resume. I have a feeling that prospective employers are looking at flight time (unless it's a =real= special simulator) and time in a device is just not flight time.
