Originally Posted by
floridaCFII
No, this is incorrect... when I'm acting as a CFI, I still log all X/C flights as X/C PIC even though I often never touch the controls, much less do a landing. If you can legally log the PIC time, then any conditions of flight (Night, X/C, Instrument, etc) may be logged as well.
This does not hold water because as a safety pilot, you do not log PIC during the landing phase of flight, since the other person is not wearing the hood during landing.
Safety pilots cannot log landings, and do not log XC. You are only logging PIC during the time the other person is under the hood if you are ACTING as PIC for the flight. If the other person is acting as PIC and is wearing a hood, you log SIC (yes, even if it's a Warrior or Skyhawk) -- this is a serious issue because if there is an accident, the FAA will ask who the PIC is and you don't want to be pointing at each other. You can only have one designated ACTING pilot in command for a given flight. It's either the safety pilot or the pilot flying. If it's the pilot flying, what justification does the safety pilot have for logging PIC if they aren't touching the controls?