Originally Posted by Jesrober
He says that the saftey pilot can only log SIC. It says flat out that there is no way you both can log PIC. But log whaterver you want. That looks like a good site for some questions thanks for the link.
Go read it again, but read BOTH of his paragraphs on safety pilot.
Like I said you can "log" anything you want, but in professional aviation there is no such thing as SIC in a C-172, warrior, or any other single pilot airplane (there are a few biz jets which can be operated either single or dual pilot, so that would be the exception).
Rod Machado is a GA guy and not necessarily familiar with the airline end. I think what his article was getting at was that you can act as safety pilot in an aircraft class in which you hold a Private (true), even if you are missing an endorsement required for PIC (complex, high-alt, tailwheel, etc). A GA guy can maybe log this time as "SIC" for his own ego padding, but it is not something that an airline will give you credit for. And they will ****ed off if your logbook doesn't total up the way THEY want it to. In my opinion if you really wanted to log non-PIC safety pilot time it should be total time only...you are performing a legit flying duty in the aircraft, but it is not the SIC duty required in a two-man airplane.