Originally Posted by
rickair7777
I've read it before and am familiar with it. The SP can't log XC time because XC is an end-to-end evolution, and the SP is (theoretically) not participating during the entire process. This actually makes sense to some degree.
But that does not make him a pax for TO and LDG...if he is a required crewmember for any part of the flight, he is required for the entire flight since it is impractical to have him leave the airplane after the hoodwork is done. What are you you going to do, give him a parachute?
Of course not. But what's impractical about becoming a passenger instead of leaving the airplane?
If you want to ask the Chief Counsel feel free but if I were a betting kinda guy, I'd bet on the answer as pretty close to a sure thing.
Edit: I take that back. I forgot that the cross country thing was strictly policy considerations so there's no good way of predicting whether the Chief Counsel would be consistent.