Originally Posted by
250 or point 65
Wrong. See the other thread I started. A safety pilot can absolutely log PIC.
Techically, 61.51 (b) describes what NEEDS to be logged. It does not say anything about what does not or cannot be logged. So if i go run around in circles with my arms out pretending to be an airplane, I can log that in MY logbook. It just doesn't count for anything meaningful (except entertaining the neighbors).
You might be correct ,technically, but safety pilot time is still garbage. I once interviewed an applicant with safety time. He had 100 hours in an Apache. I asked him a few simple questions about the airplane systems that he flew for those logged hours. He didn't have a clue. It might be PIC but he sure was not in command.