Originally Posted by
TiredSoul
You’re overthinking this.
If you are a required crew member you can log SIC.
If your operation requires a 3-4 man Crew because of duty times or flight times you may count the entire flight duration as SIC.
Personally I don’t do that.
I just log in-seat time as SIC.
So your cruise relief pilot time is SIC time.
But you still need 1000 hrs SIC under FAA rules prior to upgrade.
That’s what the reg says.
Looking for 121.436 advice.
I am overthinking! I have been for a while after reading a lot of different views on this, but this clears things up. Thank you.
Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Not in the US, I'd log as SIC, just like all the US IRO's do.
Look on the various airline applications... they slice and dice flight time in a lot of different ways but I don't recall any of the US airlines differentiating IRO time.
Thank you. SIC it is. That works for me.
Follow up question. Let's say I continue to build my time up to 4000-5000 hrs here in Asia (no TPIC since I don't see myself getting upgraded to the left anytime soon), would it be worth paying for an ATP-CTP so I can try applying for a major or are the chances still slim and is it better to go to a regional first and let them pay for it? How long are contracts with regional airlines?