Originally Posted by
Fly Boy Knight
The FAA has made it abundantly clear that there is a distinction between LOGGING PILOT IN COMMAND time and ACTING AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND!
I do NOT really agree with this idea of logging without being PIC however, in this day and age of lawsuits, lawyers, and technicalities, since I am forced to play by those rules, I will play by EACH AND EVERY one of those rules, including the ones that work out to my advantage.
Can a POTENTIAL EMPLOYER not hire you because of that... of course they can. That is their right as an business... to hire whom ever they want. Will I let a potential employer dictate to me how I should manage my pilot logbook... No! The FAA takes care of that for them/me!
Yup. They have. And for the record, I have logged PIC time in a transport category aircraft where I wasn't the company assigned PIC, however had a type rating (I was flying part 91 from the left seat with a more senior pilot who was the assigned PIC). I'd even be happy to provide an interpretation that says you can to anybody that would like to see it.
But just because the FAA says you can doesn't mean that an airline will agree. I would say that one or two little flights here and there aren't a big deal, but according to the FAA, a 121 FO who has completed training (with or without a type) could log the legs they flew as PIC.
I tend to think that a 3 year FO at Mesaba who has never served as a captain yet has 900 hrs of CRJ PIC in their logbook might raise an eyebrow, even if the time is logged within the letter of the law.