Safety pilot or not that is the question

[tathepilot]

I currently hold a cfi no IA. If an instrument student wants me to act as a saftey pilot so they can build up the 40hrs of simulated time, can I act as a safety pilot so the canidate can get his or her 40hrs of simulated time. I will sign their logbook as a safety pilot not a cfi.

thx in advance

 

[xdashdriver]

So long as you commercial certifcate has appropriate category, class, and type (if applicable) for the aircraft you'll be flying, AND you have at least a 3rd Class medical, you can act as safety pilot.

Ray

 

[tathepilot]

great! thats what I thought just, wanted to make sure..

 

[340drvr]

There's no need for you to sign his logbook at all (but I guess you could if you wanted to), all that is required is for the pilot logging the time to list the name of the safety pilot.

 

[labbats]

By the way, don't forget that 15 hours are required by a CFI-I.

-And I am a CFI-I so I'm biased, but... shouldn't you let a I-I get the hours, or is this a friend you're doing a favor for? Even still, as a CFI, you should be aware of how a safety pilot works, or at least where to find the answer.

 

[Iceman21]

I currently hold a cfi no IA.

A little confused here. Do you hold a CFI-A cert or CFI-I?

Or are you referring to "IA" as in Instrument Airplane?

 

[avbug]

Inspection Authorization? Introspective Aristocrat? Independant Arthropod? In the Air?

No commercial pilot certificate is required to act as safety pilot; it can be done on private pilot privileges.

If one is acting as a safety pilot only, the issue of what instructor certification one holds is a mute point.

 

[Iceman21]

If one is acting as a safety pilot only, the issue of what instructor certification one holds is a mute point.

Yes, it is a mute point. I just want to know what he means.

 

[tathepilot]

By the way, don't forget that 15 hours are required by a CFI-I.

-And I am a CFI-I so I'm biased, but... shouldn't you let a I-I get the hours, or is this a friend you're doing a favor for? Even still, as a CFI, you should be aware of how a safety pilot works, or at least where to find the answer.

I hold a cfi, no IA meaning no Instrument airplane. I am aware of how it works with the safetypilot, and where to reference it I just wanted to make sure. My school currently has 4 fulltime cfi's including myself. I'm aware of the 15hrs with a I-I it is just that the other cfi's are packed with students and I hate to pass up the instrument students if I can be of some assistance and build experience teaching while I'm at it.

 

[midlifeflyer]

Perhaps a moot point (not sure what a "mute point" is other than a very quiet one ), but why not work with this student's CFII and see if there are specific things that you can work on with the student. Perhaps the student has difficulty with tracking NDBs and you have some insight that would be helpful.

That way, your sessions get integrated into the CFII's training plan, you get some real experience to prepare you for your CFII and you both can legitimately treat it as training time (although not countable for the 15 hours of required "instrument training" time).