Originally Posted by
Mason32
Really? Perhaps you could explain the several companies, majors included, where all pilots are typed on the aircraft, yet FO's may not legally log PIC time on their legs....
By your reasoning they should be able to, yet they can't.
Yeah, they legally can. Read 61.51. It says nothing about who is the PIC. It says that if you are rated or have privileges in the aircraft and you are the sole manipulator of the flight controls that you may log that time as Pilot In Command. In that situation, you are acting as SIC and manipulating the flight controls, so you may log both PIC
and SIC.
Personally, I found the best way was to add a column to my electronic logbook titled "Part 1 PIC" for when I'm actually the boss. When I'm manipulating the flight controls, the time goes into "PIC" column and when it comes time for applications and interviews, you just sort it out accordingly.
But legally, yes...the typed FO may
log PIC time per 61.51.
Originally Posted by
propjunkie
I am a little skeptical about logging SIC on a single pilot airplane operated under part 91. there are no "legal" opspecs that require an sic.
Maybe he meant 91k?
-mini