What's the big deal with the SIC rating? It's only good for international flight. Have the captain who needs to be a MEI sign your book as duel given. I do this all the time for the jet owner I fly for. He has like 300 hours of Duel in the jet right now. Our local FSDO said this was the only legal way for a non type rated pilot to log it. Some day he will take the type ride. I'll keep signing his book as duel until he is ready. He says he doesn't want the type rating but something tells me different. EGO thing.