Originally Posted by
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Respectfully disagree. If there is a company Ops spec requiring an SIC - Then you can log it.
Ops Specs are not "regulations", so the FAA interp is that you can not log it to meet experience requirements for FAA certs and ratings. You can disagree, but I've heard this straight from the FAA policy division responsible for it. The regulation regarding logging of says "regulations". If the regs require the SIC to fly IFR w/pax in your aircraft, then yes. If w/ autopilot, no.