Originally Posted by
Sliceback
Vice - all solo time, even while a student, counts as PIC.
This isn't necessarily true. We're back to the constant discussion that we revisit about what is PIC defined by FAR or AFI and what airlines choose to call PIC for their application purposes.
When I applied to UAL, they only wanted winged time when you were signing for the aircraft (i.e. ultimately responsible for the flight).
So that ruled out all UPT time including solo and any two-seat flights during FTU with an IP on board.
The point is that your PIC total may differ from one airline to the next depending on what they want you to use as well as if they allow a per sortie conversion factor. They also know how the training programs in the military are conducted. So, if they want PIC time for when you were the responsible pilot signing for the jet, don't submit 100% of your IFF and F-16 time as PIC. They know there are sorties in both programs with IPs on board and regardless of who puts their signature in the forms, on a two-seat sortie, the IP is ultimately responsible for the jet. The small number of hours we're talking about just aren't worth it. Be conservative.