Originally Posted by
Azorian
and there's the kicker
assuming you were in a part 91 world, log whatever you think is going to stick to the logbook page, hell... technically you could do your private pilot training and check ride in a PC-12
but if an FAR 135 approved air carrier operates a sprawling fleet of 6 seat airplanes under 12,500 lbs, and you are ASEL commercial instrument with 800 hours total time, as long as the regulations say you have to meet PIC minimums to act as PIC, you probably shouldn't be logging a solitary second of PIC time since the 135 PIC minimums for a part 135 op are as outlined above.
it only raises the question - "hey man, if you only had 800 hours on June 12th, 2018... how come 200 hours of that is part 135 PIC time if you weren't legal to act as PIC of a 135 aircraft?"
its one interpretation anyhow... and it wouldn't be something i would want to answer on my next interview
besides, supposedly the upgrade time at a place like Boutique is what, a year? 14 months?
why not play the safe game and log SIC time instead of trying to navigate through the murky waters of what the FAA may or may not have to say about it?
Nothing murky here. And the FAA agrees with it.
Acting PIC and logging PIC are two different things.
Read 61.51(e) and understand it.
Another question you might not want to answer:
"So, how come you logged SIC time in a single pilot airplane, isn't that against 61.51(f)?".
61.51(f) allows you to log SIC time "and more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted."
Remember: GOM is _not_ approved, it's accepted material. And it is not regulatory. It's just a murky (albeit generally accepted) interpretation that you can log SIC time in a single pilot plane because your GOM specifies an SIC.
PIC time is safe and doesn't need any explanation as long as you don't try to claim that as part of your 1000 hours TPIC or whatever in your resume. There is no grey area in logging PIC as sole manipulator of controls, but there is a grey area in PC12 SIC time.