Hi!
It sounds like a load of crap to me too, but I am not the airline. LOTS of foreign airlines will ONLY accept PIC/SIC. Some will not even count GA PIC (in SE recips), either.
I was not happy with the US airlines, when my solo time didn't count. I'm like, I am the ONLY guy in my T-38, I'm flying single-ship, and I can't count this as PIC. To bad for me!
cliff
NBO
PS-In a GA training plane, NO ONE gets credit for any flight time, according to many foreign airline. It has to be in a paying situation, as in PIC in a King Air, or PIC/SIC for a regional, -135, etc (or any aircraft that requires two pilots).