SIC or PIC

[pilotyip]

WSU, because he is not the PIC, he did sign for the airplane, he will not make the go/no go decision, he will not decide about going to alternate, he may not even decide what altitude to fly at. He is not the PIC, and everyone will know it until he has around 1000 hours

 

[CFIse]

WSU, because he is not the PIC, he did sign for the airplane, he will not make the go/no go decision, he will not decide about going to alternate, he may not even decide what altitude to fly at. He is not the PIC, and everyone will know it until he has around 1000 hours

Right - but has been pointed out so many times I can't even begin to count it, LOGGING PIC is not the same as BEING the PIC.

If you're the sole manipulator of an aircraft you're rated (and typed if required) then log the time as PIC. If you're on an interview and anybody asks about it, explain that under the FAA regulations you are entitled to log it, and you did. Point out to the interviewer that on their application form, where they asked for time ACTING as PIC you did not include that time.

You see that's why applications for companies that care include a category for time logged ACTING as PIC. People who say you should log your time based on how you'll fill out future applications are, well stupid is the word that comes to mind.

 

[CFIse]

I know this has been asked before but I can't seem to find it, in a turbo commander, single pilot a/c, but insurance requires 2 pilots do both pilots log as PIC or does one log SIC. How can the SIC be justified on later job interviews? Thanks

About the only case I know of where you can log SIC in the plane is
a) acting as safety pilot
b) under Part 135 passenger carrying IFR.

As previously posted, if you're the sole manipulator then you can log PIC, but due to a quirk in the regulations the person who is the ACTING as PIC can't log it, and I don't know how excited they will be about that. The insurance issue is a red herring, has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

Otherwise it's just experience, and the FAA doesn't have a classification for that, no matter how useful the time is. You might want to keep track of the time, and one convenient place to keep track of it is in your logbook, but don't confuse the time when applying for future ratings or on job applications.

 

[Magic1872]

You can't log SIC time as a safety pilot!

Now we could get into the gray area about both pilots logging PIC.

 

[midlifeflyer]

You can't log SIC time as a safety pilot!

Now we could get into the gray area about both pilots logging PIC.

Sigh. Here's what the FAA Chief Counsel said on the subject in 1992:


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In your second question you ask "how shall two Private Pilots log their flight time when one pilot is under the hood for simulated instrument time and the other pilot acts as safety pilot?" The answer is the pilot who is under the hood may log PIC time for that flight time in which he is the sole manipulator of the controls of the aircraft, provided he is rated for that aircraft. The appropriately rated safety pilot may concurrently log as second in command (SIC) that time during which he is acting as safety pilot.
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It's then refers to an earlier opinion.

98% of the two pilot logging PIC are even "greyer." They've all been settlend for about 25 years.

 

[CFIse]

You can't log SIC time as a safety pilot!

Now we could get into the gray area about both pilots logging PIC.

Succinct, clear and completely wrong. Do you have any other pearls of wisdom to offer us all?

 

[Skycam]

If you are sole manipulator of the controls in an aircraft for which you are rated, it is loggable as PIC time. This "signing for the airplane" crap is someone trying to rewrite or sidestep the regs.