Originally Posted by
rickair7777
S-3 NFO's have in the distant past logged some SIC and gotten away with it in the eyes of airline employers. But they had flight controls and even then it does not really standup to detailed regulatory scrutiny.
There's really nothing to challenge, the regs are written in a fairly clear manner. I think what you're talking about is a petition to change the regs, not challenge the existing ones. Call your congress-critter?
If you're airline bound, you'll probably get there quicker by building civilian flight time rather than titling at windmills in DC...
True Statement! I've flown with guys who used it as SIC time. However, they did hold an FAA license while logging it and the civilian operator only required a commercial, instrument multi so the flight time was basically a resume enhancer and not regulatory as are the requirements for the ATP.
If the FAA regs still accept 500 hours of flight engineer time towards the ATP, does military FE time count ie: time in KC10, C-130, etc?? And while we are it, we had a handful of enlisted Private pilot rated helicopter guys that logged SIC time in the Loach helicopter (OH-6) as an Aeroscout Observer. Does that count as total time?