Originally Posted by
blastoff
It doesn't matter, its military time...by that reasoning if a guy was lazy and never added his type rating after AC Upgrade, he could never log PIC even after he was an AC, since he wasn't technically type-rated. Then there's another twist...the San Antonio FSDO told me they actually consider us "PIC's" after our NAV/Instrument Checkride...which is 1.5 months before we graduate and get our wings, and the guy told me I could log everything after that as PIC (which I didn't to be conservative). Twist #2, the FAR/aim while I was in UPT allowed me to log SIC, but all of the SIC rules were rearranged in this year's FAR/AIM...if I was in UPT now, well I would have to talk to the FSDO for guidance...According to 61.55, I wasn't legal to even occupy that seat. An IP once told me, when in doubt, Primary = PIC, Secondary = SIC, Other = nothing. Twist #3...UPT time is logged as 95% Primary (And then becomes "Student TIme" in ARMS)
Go to the DFW FSDO, then the ICT FSDO, etc., then compare answers...you know how that goes. It only matters what the guy/gal looking at your books thinks. If I see a Comm ME rating dated AFTER you're logging ME PIC, I'm going to have questions(theoretically, since I know how the mil system works). Also, no type for fighter guys either but the Form 8 hacks the PIC clock. Like stated above, conservative is usually the way to go.