How much actual IMC

sixpack

sixpack

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I was totalling my logbook, and check the amount of IMC I logged this winter. I was surprised that it was only 22%, considering I live in Oregon, and pretty much fly every day (rain or shine). It sure seemed like more than 22%.

How many IMC hours do you guys get in your jobs in your area.

For the combined months of NOV, DEC, JAN, FEB.
1. Total hours
2. IMC hours
3. Job Type
4. Region (where do you fly)

Here's what I got:
TOTAL: 190 hours
IMC: 42 hours (22%)
JOB: CFI
REGION: Portland, Oregon
 
Total 92.4
IMC 1.9
CFI (well, more of a CFI student during this time period)
South Central


Tonight I did get 1.0 hrs acutal/multi/cross country/night/solo though! (didn't include this in above totals, since it occured in march).
 
I'm about 3/4 the way through my instrument/commercial training with around 3 hrs of actual. It gets a little tough to log IMC in a warrior when you do over half your training at temps that barely reach -5 C.
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Most interviewers expect to see about 10% Actual Instrument time. More than that raises a flag. It just makes them look a little deeper to make sure it is legit.

42 hrs IMC, in 4 months, for a CFI is pretty substantial.
 
1. Total hours = 2293
2. IMC hours = 593 (26%)
3. Job Type = CFI, but all IMC hours were as PP
4. Region (where do you fly) = Midwest
 
I have 5800 TT and only 318 Actual IMC.
Plus:
250 hours in level D sims
115 non-motion sims
120 "hood" time

What are you guys doing as PP and CFIs to get that much IMC? Are your IMC hours including sim and "hood" time?


1. Total hours 5800+
2. IMC hours 318
3. Job Type Cloud avoider
4. Region (where do you fly) Western Hemisphere
 
593 hours of IMC with 2300TT? 26%? WTFO??
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A friend of mine is a 9000 hour airline pilot and he just told me he has about 495 IMC.....
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Oh well, what do I know. Here's mine:

3200TT
IMC: 200
Corporate (Hawker/Lear)
All over
 
340TT
65 sim
4.3 actual
I fly in California.

Another 100 maybe trips up or down through a fog layer, but I just can't bring myself to call that 30sec. or a minute something that I need to log in the book.
 
Total hours = 296.6
IMC hours = 5.4 Actual, 52.9 Simulated (58.3 Total)
Region = MN, where in the winter you don't want to go in the clouds because of icing, and in the summer there's T-Storms. Fun don't you think?
 
Okay so we're doing total time and total actual now instead of just the past winter?

In that case I'm:

435.1 Total
83.5 Simulated
16.4 Actual
 
Alright sixpack, flying through the winter in Seattle, I picked up 48 hours of actual. I now have 700 total, 66 actual. I do believe we get more clouds and rain than the Central Willamete Valley scudd-runners.
 
I'm a little too lazy right now to pull out the log book, but:

appx 1060TT
appx 120 simulated
appx 10 actual IMC

I live in Colorado - too high to fly IMC most of the year in a GA aircraft, too much ice.
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I guess I have more time than you do after all, Pilot602
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--Jay
 
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