Originally Posted by
alfadog1
You might have missed my premise "if the aircraft or the conditions under which it is operated requires two pilots". In that case, the pilot flying the airplane always gets PIC (assuming of course he is appropriately rated and has a current medical). The non-flying pilot is SIC if he is not the legal and responsible PIC. No?
No... I have plenty of time as the sole manipulator of a 777. Some of it when the Captain was not even on the flight deck. None of it is PIC.
I have a 777 type and first class medical.
Edit: In an aircraft that requires two pilots, there really is no sole manipulator.