Advise on C182 highperformance sign-off

[Alaskaairlines]

Good Question? Don't know.

 

[KnowledgeSeeker]

If you need a signoff from a flight instructor to act as PIC of a high performance aircraft it would seem to follow that loging it as the PIC would only happen after that signoff has occured (after the flight). As was the case when my instructor signed me off.

 

[Mickey]

You may not BE the PIC because you don't have the endorsement but you can log PIC because you are rated in the aircraft and are the sole manipulator of the controls.

Take care!

 

[midlifeflyer]

If you need a signoff from a flight instructor to act as PIC of a high performance aircraft it would seem to follow that logging it as the PIC would only happen after that signoff has occurred (after the flight).

Only for those who have difficulty with the idea that "acting as PIC" and "logging PIC time" are completely different concepts and are subject to completely different rules.

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Rule 1: If you are a recreational, private or commercial pilot, you may log PIC any time you are the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft you are rated for.

"Rated" means the category and class (and type, if a type rating is necessary for the aircraft) that is listed on the back of your pilot certificate. Nothing else matters. Not instrument ratings. Not endorsements for high performance, complex, tailwheel aircraft. Not medical currency. Not flight reviews. Not night currency. Nothing.
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Acting As PIC = duty, authority, responsibility
Logging PIC Time = putting numbers in columns on a piece of paper
Different purposes, different concepts, different rules.

 

[Alaskaairlines]

Thanks guys!