Well, not to throw a monkey wrench in there, but another question is when
do you consider your approach as one that counts toward your currency?
For example, if you're in VMC, and practice an approach (no hood, etc.)
which includes only a small layer of clouds to get through, do you count
that?

This is another "forever discussion" with no coherent guidance from the
FAA, despite letters back and forth. Each approach is different, one
can be solid for a part, in and out for the whole approach, just lowish
vis for the approach, many different variations. If I "felt like" I
flew an instrument approach, I log it. This usually means "most of the
time from the FAF to the MAP I was IMC", and if I break out a little
early, so be it. If I break out a lot early, especially on an ILS, I
didn't fly much of an approach and I don't log it (though I may note it
in my comments).

Jose
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