wrote:
: I haven't read the regs lately, but do they specifically require
: simulated instrument flight in order to count?

No... you could do all your IFR training in actual conditions. It *does*
require that the dual you get is from a CFII, however. That's not to say you cannot
get dual instruction in IMC from a CFI as the OP suggested... just that it cannot
count it towards the dual required for an IR. Now there's an alphabet soup...

Ok, for some reason I was thinking this was the few hours of instrument
training needed for the private.

Matt