Originally Posted by
jmack
from the FAA, the answer is no. Only the pilot designated by the company as PIC (99 out of 100 the most senior) can log PIC time. Even if the typed SIC occupies the left seat on a ferry leg he/she is still designated as the SIC and unable to log PIC time.
I've got to agree with jmack of this. I was wondering this recently, and asked the AOPA legal department. Their answer was an unequivocal no. There can only be one PIC at a time, and the one that is dispatched PIC is the one that will log it. There is only one that is final authority. When I am the one manipulating the controls and dispatched SIC, I make a note of it so that I can add it up if I want to, but I even went through the motion of correcting 400+ hours of wrongly logged PIC jet time. I'm that convinced. I will also agree that NJA is not a stepping stone, but where I hope to spend the rest of my flying career. (UM, when's my interview??? )
