Originally Posted by
dera
This is exactly the point. FAA has explicitly stated that you can log PIC if you are sole manipulator of controls, but they have not stated you can log SIC in 135 operation carrying passengers under IFR if you are using the autopilot.
This is the point I'm trying to make here. Logging the PIC time is 100% safe and appropriate and legal, logging SIC time is not.
Logging SIC time is simply widely accepted, but it's murky before someone asks the FAA if it's OK or not.
I don't think anyone should ask the FAA, people might not like the answer.
I've flown with at least a dozen pilots in the 121 world who built 135 SIC time at Planesense, Tradewind, Boutique, and other Caravan operators. There must be thousands of pilots flying 121 today who built SIC hours at these operations. Never heard of anyone ever getting hassled about whether or not they were using their autopilot.
Are you saying that under 135 the the co-pilot can never log SIC time? Then what is he or she supposed to log when they are the pilot monitoring? Just total time?