Originally Posted by
Red97Vette
To log PIC time you have to have the ultimate authority above anyone else on the airplane. Just because you are sitting in the left seat does not give you the experiance that comes along with the responsibility. That's the problem. It's also in the FARs. If the captain agrees to sit right seat, he would have to concede authority to you, highly doubtful. The exception sort of lies during upgrade, when in OE. I hear you technically can't log PIC then either, only the check airman can even when he sits right seat.
I am there with you though. I wish there was a way for FOs to log PIC. That would help us out a lot. Especially during these times of forever upgrades.
I guess my point is that a pilot furloughed at say Comair with 10,000 PIC that goes to gojet, silver, or any fairly new regional will be sitting right seat to someone with much much less experience. The less experienced pilot will be logging the PIC time.