Originally Posted by
wizepilot
Yeah, I would like to see you take that in front of a FAA review board. I know what you are getting at, but come on, let's get realistic here.
Don't get me wrong, I agree with you one hundred percent. I won't log PIC if I'm not qualified to act, but I'm not desperate for time either. The people who tend to do it are those that are hurting for hours and want any way to build them that they can (insert safety pilot timebuilding here).
I'm just pointing out that, per the FAA, it is "legal" in the sense that one FSDO may be cool with it, and another may tell you "no way".
I think that for most of us who have gotten somewhere in the career, we equate logging with acting and don't try and bend the rules (I know, I know, it's not "bending" if it's in the rules), but the lower timers who are desperate to get enough hours before the ATP rules kick in won't have any problems doing it.