Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
That is not correct advice.
WRONG!!
Originally Posted by
BeatNavy
Rated, by FAA interpretation, means that the pilot has the appropriate category, class, and type (if required) privileges on his/her pilot certificate for the aircraft being operated. A solo endorsement doesn't let you log anything PIC if you don't have a rating for that cat/class/type except when you are the sole occupant of the aircraft.
When solo'd, and one flies SOLO, one is the SOLE occupant of the aircraft: one logs PIC.
One does not need to wait until one has a private pilot certificate to log PIC.
SOLO IS PIC.