Originally Posted by
Gajre539
Does anyone have the 14 CFR regulation for "Part 61 allows "supervised solo" in a ME airplane for commercial pilot applicants"? The only thing that I found was...
14 CFR 61.129 (b)(4) - 10 hours of solo flight time in a multiengine airplane or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command in a multiengine airplane with an authorized instructor (either of which may be credited towards the flight time requirement in paragraph (b)(2) of this section), on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(2) of this part...
That's it right there... the "or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command in a multiengine airplane with an authorized instructor" is the legal way of referring to supervised solo.
Just taking a quick look through the regs, I don't see a similar exception for private (it just has the standard "solo requirement" language). Still, it would be worth checking on... I'm sure this question must have come up before somewhere.