Originally Posted by zak90272

Very interesting, but this goes against everything i have been told at my company. (not by the company but by other pilots working there) we fly a part 91 whose OPS specify 2 pilots though two pilots are not required to fly the plane.
it seems that by majority agreement the PICs log all flight time as PIC, but the FOs have been logging SIC except for the time they are sole manipulator of the controls; for that time they are logging PIC.

Originally Posted by zak90272

no matter who is actually the PIC and no matter who is actually at the controls, it seems that the person the NTSB goes after after an accident is the person on board with the most experience in the plane, even if that person is in the back seat without access to the flight controls; (and i put this question to my FOs) if my FO has more ratings and experience than i do, although im the PIC and theyre the SIC do they really think it is my ticket on the line or is the SIC liable to catch the blame for a mistake i make only because they have more time than i?
i can tell you, that if i stand to take the blame in any situation while i am in a plane that i am rated to fly i think i should be allowed to log that time as PIC.
i took a friend of mine flying in my plane (he has 20k+ hours) and i asked him if i were to crash the plane or bust bravo etc. who did he think the FAA or NTSB would come after. his answer was "him".