Originally Posted by
Foxy
Would you guys -please- get this straight? This has been the rule and interpretation for years and years, and yet people keep. spreading. the. same. misinformation.
But really only since about 1992 when the FAA Chief Counsel's office was very specific on this:
In your second question you ask "how shall two Private Pilots log their flight time when one pilot is under the hood for simulated instrument time and the other pilot acts as safety pilot?" The answer is the pilot who is under the hood may log PIC time for that flight time in which he is the sole manipulator of the controls of the aircraft, provided he is rated for that aircraft. The appropriately rated safety pilot may concurrently log as second in command (SIC) that time during which he is acting as safety pilot.
The two pilots may, however, agree prior to initiating the flight that the safety pilot will be the PIC responsible for the operation and safety of the aircraft during the flight. If this is done, then the safety pilot may log all the flight time as PIC time in accordance with FAR 1.1 and the pilot under the hood may log, concurrently, all of the flight time during which he is the sole manipulator of the controls as PIC time in accordance with FAR 61.51(c)(2)(i). Enclosed please find a prior FAA interpretation concerning the logging of flight time under simulated instrument flight conditions. We hope that this interpretation will be of further assistance to you.
Of course, if one thinks 18 years is too old, one can always look at 2009:
Section 61.51 (f) governs the logging of SIC time and states, in relevant part, that a person may log SIC time only for that flight time during which that person holds the appropriate ratings for aircraft being flown and "more than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is being conducted." When a pilot is operating an aircraft in simulated instrument flight, 14 C.F.R. § 91.109(b), in relevant part, requires that a safety pilot, who possesses at least a private pilot certificate with category and class ratings appropriate to the aircraft, occupy the other control seat. Accordingly, Pilot B may log SIC time for the portion of the flight during which Pilot B acts as safety pilot because Pilot B was a required flight crewmember for that portion of the flight under § 91.1 09(b).
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/...is%20Glenn.pdf
It's no different than the rule that allows the non-flying co-pilot in Part 135 passenger-carrying IFR operations to log SIC in aircraft certified ops single-pilot ops.
Funny, I write a post that says I'll assume the OP understands the logging rules. And then other try to give the OP mis-information about them.