Originally Posted by
CTPILOT
thanks alot for the information ....yeah my friend and I that are both splitting the time are both MEI's.
How are you splitting it?
Safety Pilot time is 100% legal and commonly done.
But if you are taking turns giving each other dual on cross-country legs, that is NOT legal and could bite you in the butt. Even though the regs may not cleary state it, the FAA has consistently held that dual is only allowed for legitimate instructional purposes such as:
-Rating/Cert
-BFR
-IPC
-Aircraft Checkout
-Area/ Route familiarization
It would be impossible to make a case for dual-given if you were taking turns giving it to each other in the same airplane! If you are qualified to GIVE dual on a flight, you obviously have no need to receive dual on the return leg!
If it's a one-time thing, sure go-ahead nobody would have an issue with that (call it a fam flight).
I'm not sure how the airlines feel about dual-given time building, but I would avoid it just based on the FAA issue. safety Pilot is the "accepted" loophole to share twin time!