Originally Posted by
piloto2
It doesn't really matter what an employer or CAE says. What does the FAA say? Can you produce anything from the FAA that says logging SIC time in a single pilot jet is OK? I've posted a couple of FAA legal opinions that say otherwise. Did you even bother to read them?
did you even bother reading a few words of
14 CFR FAR 135.4 (a) 1.
Then I can go by telling you, what a
POI says is pretty accurate, because he knows our OP specs, what type of operations my company does, and FAA, well... FAA will tell you a rule that applies in general.
Second, let me ask you... If the captain you fly with likes to hand fly all legs, no autopilot, up to 29000ft and above 41000ft up to 45000ft, does he need a SIC???? Now do you know, or anyone does know, when you have autopilot on or off???
Now a couple of stupid suppositions, lets say you need 2 crewmember, and the SIC falls a sleep all flight, can he log the SIC time??? And what happens if the PIC, does not feel like flying and do ******, can the guy on the right seat log PIC??? Please find me somewhere in the FAA that can answer those questions.
I am not trying to pick up a fight, I am just trying to explain that there is a lot of things in FAA that you can't be 100% sure about. And how to log time is one of them... If you think seating as SIC in a phenom 100/300 you should not log time, let me tell you, CFIing should not be a way to get hours either.
If you ever flew a E55P, you would realize, that airplane with or even without passengers to take care off, in busy airspace such Northeast, or South Florida or even west coast, is too much, even for a well experienced single pilot. All you need is a reroute half way down a STAR... So what i can resume all this post to is, Phenom are legal to be flown single pilot, but I would never put my family in one flown by one crew member. AND the SIC deserves the time logged on it, as far as he is not sleeping...