Originally Posted by
Otterbox
It's interesting that the FAA allows logging PIC and SIC different ways than the airlines want to count it. It really shouldn't have to be this convoluted of a process.
It's not.
The FAA has no concern whatsoever for what a commercial company wants to see in pilot experience. The FAA prescribes the circumstances under which a pilot may be certificated, and under which he or she may log time.
What we see in this thread is the typical gross misunderstanding of the regulation.