SIC Time?

[BoDEAN]

How valuable is this?
I have an opportunity to do a few flights with a company similar to Angel Flight, but I would be SIC for the flight, and the pilot/owner of the plane would be the PIC.

Is this valuable time, or just there for the experience?

 

[acabello]

At this point in our careers I say take what time you can get. Who knows who you may meet along the way. Its all about networking with people. I say get out there and do it.

Good luck

 

[105viking]

make sure it is even legal to log sic for the flight.

even if it is not, still ride along and help out. AF is a good organization, and you'll be helping somebody that really needs it.

 

[bobbysamd]

SIC Time

First of all, unless the SIC is required by the regs and/or type certificate of the airplane, it may not be loggable. You would just be along for the ride.

Second-in-command time is time in the logbook, but its value for climbing the career ladder is limited. PIC time is what you really want.

On the other hand, the experience, in and of itself, may be valuable, and you might make some good contacts. Developing a contact that could further your career may be far more valuable in the long run than the flight time.

Hope that helps.

 

[midlifeflyer]

bobbysamd and 105viking are correct in pointing out that being "called" a co-pilot or SIC doesn't make you one for logging purposes.

FWIW, unless the aircraft happens to be one that requires two pilots, I'm not aware of =any= Part 91 situation other that the safety-pilot-in-simulated-IMC one that allows logging SIC time.

 

[105viking]

i repeat, whether you can log it or not, take the trip anyway. help somebody out. what may happen is that the aircraft owner lets you use his airplane in the future to do AF by yourself. that has happened to me before. if you and the airplane owner stay somewhat current, you may also want to volunteer to be on the transplant team for your area. AF needs current pilots, who can commit to be available and "ready" to fly a list of transplant patients or donor organs on very short notice. these are the flights that most volunteers don't take, because they don't want to get called in the middle of the night, or they are not night current, but there is a real need for pilots to fill this role.
-105viking

 

[flyboy]

In response to there not being SIC under part 91 other than safety pilot.............
It's not about being part 91 or 121, it's all about the aircraft. There is just as much part 91 SIC out there to be had as there is 135 or 121. Whether it's a king air 300 series or a gulfstream, an SIC is required (this is part 91 or 135).