Originally Posted by
Stifler
Primary/Secondary/Other/IP/EP hours are all separate (your total time in flight records will equal the sum), but depending on the aircraft/situation, IP/EP hours are probably PIC time in the eyes of the FAA...if that's where your question was leading.
One thing to keep in mind is primary and secondary time is completely irrelevant for most airlines. What matters is A-code time. If you are the A-code on the orders, then you're the PIC and it counts toward your PIC totals. IP/EP time is always PIC time. Where you can get into trouble is logging all your primary time as PIC when you haven't upgraded to aircraft commander, and this will come out during most interviews (you won't be the first to have tried this). It gets even trickier when you fly with another IP (best bet is to either split the PIC time or go with who had the A-code). I keep a logbook for all my flying whether military or airline and broke PIC and SIC based on A-code status for all my mil time. Check with other guys on this board for specific details regarding individual airlines, but this has been successful for me getting hired by a regional years ago and recently at Atlas.