Originally Posted by
Taco280AI
"Skywarrior tries to pair you up with other RTP students building time so you generally fly with the same people."
But you're splitting the total flight time for each flight? A six hour day gets you three hours of time? Just wondering if these schools are trying to get away with you both logging six for a six hour day.
I just finished RTP and waiting to start ATP/CTP later this month. Here's how 2 pilots are logging PIC time in a single sortie. One pilot signs for the aircraft and is the authorized PIC for the flight. This pilot never touches the controls and acts as the safety pilot for the other pilot who, after takeoff, dons the foggles and flies simulated instruments. Being that a safety pilot is a required crewmember at the simulated flights portion, the pilot who signed for the aircraft can log PIC time during the portion he/she acted as the safety pilot. The flying pilot logs the entire flight time as PIC under the sole manipulator rule, along with the appropriate sim inst time and cross country time. Bottom line, the pilot on the controls will log about 0.2 hrs more than the safety pilot per each sortie (taxi, takeoff, and land), the pilot flying will be the only one logging the x-country time.
The links below are to two FAA legal interpretation letters that the whole PIC logging system seems to be based on. Hope this helps.
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...rpretation.pdf
https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...rpretation.pdf