Originally Posted by
Azorian
thats correct.
so... in a multi crew environment, where one pilot is flying, the other is monitoring - manipulating flaps, gear, subsystems, you may or may not transfer flight controls to brief the approach... you logged pic time
but where you, in essence, the "sole manipulator" of the flight controls.
im assuming thats your basis for logging the pic time
There are actually plenty of interpretations about what being sole manipulator means.
I think the general consensus is, that manipulating or causing to manipulate (in case of autopilot) primary flight control surfaces to control the trajectory of the airplane is what is required. So generally, pilot flying is also the sole manipulator of controls. If you log PIC time for 5 minutes while the other guy does paperwork or whatever is murkier than just logging PIC for PF legs and SIC for PM.
Again - I urge everyone to really read into the regs, the PC12/Caravan etc SIC time is not as clear cut as people think. The PIC time as sole manipulator has been established hundreds of times in various cases (such as, being a safety pilot and building time that way etc).
So - logging PIC is safe, legal and appropriate. Logging SIC time is somewhat safe, somewhat legal, and somewhat appropriate.
I know a pilot who's time as a Caravan SIC in Hawaii did not count. He wasn't happy. Had he logged it correctly, he would've been better off.