Originally Posted by
sigler
According to Part 61.51 (f) (2), one is allowed to log SIC time if the regulations under which the flight is being conducted requires his/her presence. IMO that covers augmented crews. What am I missing? As I wrote in another thread:
I think we tend to over-complicate things sometimes. The way I look at it (and no one has ever questioned me during an interview, so I guess it must make some sense) is: Is your name on the release as the PIC? Log the entire flight as PIC. Were you a required crewmember in an augmented crew, but weren't the PIC on the release? Log the entire flight as SIC. Were you part of a 3+ crew in a flight that didn't require more than 2 pilots? Log the time you were on the seat.
What interviewers are looking for is an accurate description of your flight experience, and that pretty much does it in my opinion.
Since you brought it up, here is part of that section. It isn't quite as simple as you stated.(f) Logging second-in-command flight time. A
person may log second-in-command time only for that
flight time during which that person:
(1) Is qualified in accordance with the second-in-command requirements of
§ 61.55, and occupies a
crewmember station in an
aircraft that requires more than one pilot by the
aircraft's type certificate;
Is the aircraft bunk a crew station? Does the aircraft type require someone to be in that bunk with an augmented crew in order to operate that aircraft.
I'll state for a final time, check with the company that you are interviewing with if that is how they want you to report your flight time. It's far better to know up front what they are looking for than to give them the impression that you are trying to pad you flight time in order to get an interview. It may never come up, but if it does and it is where you really want to end your career, you may have just ended your chances with that company before you ever started.