Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I was teasing. The FAA opinion is generally clear but there is certainly anecdotal evidence of folks pulling it off in the past. Unfortunately, as in so many things, the FAA is not consistent from one FSDO to another (kind of like TSA). I personally know an S-3 guy who logged it (also an FAA CFI), but he's still on AD so not sure if he's ever going to put it to the test with FAA or airlines.
Folks have pulled off stuff in the past like that, less so these days than before. With the rules and information being close at hand and accessible, it really cuts down on those types of happenings where one hand didn't know what the other was doing. It seems like a few though have taken advantage of the situations over the years and gotten stuff that is not allowed, some have been caught, not all.