Originally Posted by
aviator77
IIRC, if you're under the hood in VMC then technically you may log the time as PIC since you are "sole manipulator or the controls". However, many airlines will not accept that time since as PIC since you're not the ultimate authority for the operation and safety of the flight...the instructor is (remember, you're under the hood).
You can log PIC here, but I've never heard about airlines not accepting it. To me that sounds like saying that when you're flying with a safety pilot, the safety pilot's time is the only time that matters? I donno...
Originally Posted by
aviator77
I seem to remember that you cannot log time in actual IMC as PIC since you are not instrument rated yet. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
... this is true.