Roger wrote:
On Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:32:52 -0500, Dave Butler wrote:
Let's be precise. The instrument student may file all the flight plans
he cares to. He just can't accept a clearance.


We may be getting hung up in scemantics here, but:
How so? I filed (Instrument training flight) in actual, called on the
RCO, or now GCO for the clearance,read back clearance, Accepted
vectors and the instructor sat there and watched. Had I screwed up he
would have said something. This was the last actual IFR in IMC cross
country before the check ride, but as far as the filing and accepting
clearances he had me doing that from day one.

As has been discussed in other postings on this thread, the instructor
is acting as PIC and accepts the clearance by proxy.