Originally Posted by
MunkyButtr
Look at what I bolded above, apparently you overlooked this. The captain I am flying with now upgraded with under 250 PIC. He had an ICAO restriction on his cert that restricted international flying until he achieved the 250. SIC time counts. No disservice done and no street captains for a long long loooooooooooooong time at any airline but GoJet.
Take a look at what you bolded...
(c)
A commercial pilot may credit the following second-in-command flight time or flight-engineer flight time toward the 1,500 hours of total time as a pilot required by paragraph (a) of this section:
(1) Second-in-command time, provided the time is acquired in an airplane—
(i) Required to have more than one pilot flight crewmember by the airplane's flight manual, type certificate, or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted;
(ii) Engaged in operations under subpart K of part 91, part 121, or part 135 of this chapter for which a second in command is required; or
(iii) That is required by the operating rules of this chapter to have more than one pilot flight crewmember.
This time can only be credited toward the 1500 total. Not the 250 PIC.
(4) 250 hours of flight time in an airplane as a pilot in command,
or as second in command performing the duties of pilot in command while under the supervision of a pilot in command, or any combination thereof, which includes at least—
Just because an SIC is the pilot flying, that does not make him "performing the duties of the PIC". If anyone want to argue this point, please tell me how an SIC without a PIC type is "performing the duties of the PIC".