Originally Posted by
MtoL
I came across this post in doing some homework on this topic. 61.51(f)(1) says
"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"
The part about "occupies a crewmember station" suggests that bunk time does not count.
crew rest seats, crew observer/jumpseats, crew bunks are all crewmember stations. They are not flight control stations, but they are crew member stations. Additionally, the PIC will assign your time (or approve) in the assigned crew rest station. It’s still a crew station, and it’s an assigned function for compliance with flight duty regulations. The flight may not exceed the flight time limits based upon the number of pilots. If you “remove” yourself as SIC on an augmented flight, you no longer have adequate pilots for the flight.
You are a required crewmember regardless where you are sitting.