Originally Posted by
mike734
If you maintain the rule that there can only be one PIC at any one time you can never go wrong. I can't say I followed that advice however. When I was trying to build time I logged PIC in a twin when I was "sole manipulator" even though I was sitting next to the real PIC. Hey, I was the one flying! It helped my argument that I had a MEI.
Not true. There is PIC instruction given and PIC instruction received. It comes down to what the student has. If he is a pre private then no. However once he can legally fly the plane with passengers then he can be PIC and you can be PIC instruction given.
A loophole is if you need multi time but don't have your MEI you just go up with another guy and put him under the hood and act as a CFI giving instrument instrcution then you both get to log it so long as you are rated for the aircraft as well. Some say you have to have your CFII and some say you don't. A regular CFI can give up to 20hrs of instrument instruction before you have to hand him off to a CFII so he can finish up... Let me rephrase that. He needs 20hrs from a CFII so if he wants the most bang for his buck he'd only get 20 from you.
However with commercial students ect. if they already are rated to fly the aircraft and you are giving instruction to them one logs it as PIC and Dual received and you log it as PIC and instruction given. Same for BFR's ect.