Originally Posted by
Mason32
That is for freshly upgraded Captains doing their IOE with an IOE instructor to be able to log the time as PIC so the company can get them off the Baby Captain list ASAP and save the airline money.... that way their 25 hours of IOE under the supervision of the IOE Instructor counts towards the 100 hours so they are no longer a restricted Captain.
FO, as SIC are not acting as, or performing the duties of PIC... Are FO's signing the release; no. Story over.
This is one way which that reg can be applied.
But SIC's can also use it to accumulate time which counts toward ATP PIC requirements, as long as everyone agrees that they are allowed to practice being the PIC under the supervision of the actual PIC (at an airline you would need formal permission from the chain of command IMO). Very similar to being on IOE. The time is NOT loggable as PIC of any sort however, it is simply SIC which can be applied to the ATP requirements.