Dave Butler wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote:

Flying in the clouds is
not the priv of the rating, it's the filing. Technically, an instrument
student can't even call the FSS and file his dual IFR flight plan


Cite? I think this is wrong.

It is wrong. Anybody can file a flight plan. You don't even need to
be a pilot. It's illegal to be pilot in command while actually
operating IFR. The PIC name is a required item on the flight plan, so
it would behoove the non-rated student to list his instructors name on
the plan. The only quirky part of doing this is not the FSS but DUAT.
DUAT always inserts the account holders name in the PIC block on the
plan (you can't change it). Some overly worried students put the real
PIC name in the remarks to comply with the rules.