Originally Posted by
GWW5
I too am confused between the FARs and what actually occurs in reality. In my company many of the pilots have operated the King Air 200 single piloted for years. But when they fly with certain customers on board, the contract dictates two pilots. Some have said both qualified captains log PIC. I am not too comfortable with that myself. Therefore, I chose to log PIC when the company assigns me as the PIC for the day or a particular leg to be flown. I too feel this is conservative even if I do 50% of the flying and take an approach to landing. However, it would be easier to explain under scrutiny. I think at this juncture of most of our careers (judging from the experience I read) we are not looking for every .1 of PIC we can get.
The only real question I have is when flying with an instructor or check airman are they logging PIC time or can they log I time and let you legally log PIC time?
In that type of operation, the only time two pilots on board the same aircraft operating as flight crewmembers can log PIC at the same time is when one of them is a flight instructor providing flight training (So, yes an instructor may log PIC time along with you as long as you are "rated" in the aircraft).
A Co-Captain situation would not warrant both pilots logging PIC time concurrently.
"Some have said both qualified captains log PIC."
Wrong, unless in a flight training scenario. (Part 61/91)