Yeah, have to read and digest this one a bit. It's tough when all of us are ATPs, Captains and type rated in the aircraft as well as the regs requiring two pilots.

Have to admit the way we did it flying C-12s in the Navy was easier. If you signed for the plane you log PIC time. Even if I was an instructor on board but not doing an instructional hop flying SIC I just logged SIC. This was the case even though I might have been flying with a junior Captain and most likely passing on knowledge.

So in situation 1 you are basically saying that 95% of the time whomever signs the plane out as the PIC should log it when the mission dictates two rated pilots are required and the other guy sucks it up and logs SIC. However, the FO could legally log PIC as well when he is manipulating the controls. That's too much time to keep track of personally. But hey..

In situation 2: If two pilots aren't required and it's a single piloted certified aircraft like our King Air 200s then only the time when actually manipulating the controls is logged as PIC. That makes sense.

Thanks again.