flyboy
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Just wondering if anyone knows where the regulation that talks about this is. I went to a flight school in Florida and a lot of my time building was done with other students while they are flying under the hood. We logged PIC in this case. It is my understanding that as long as you are rated in the airplane and current, have a current medical and the other pilot is under the hood, then you log PIC. This was acceptable at the notoriously strict Orlando FSDO and most of the instructors where I am now agree with this. However, I've heard that the head lady at our FSDO says that it's SIC time. I don't see anything in the definition of SIC time that correlates. I think that I've found the correct reg (61.51 (e)(1)(iii). I would think that the part about ".......or the regulations under which the flight is conducted........" covers this. I would assume that this covers the fact that when someone is under the hood that regulations require an adequate safety pilot (someone current, medical valid, and rated in the airplane). Please help me put this thing to bed once and for all.