"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
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"Koopas Ly" wrote in message
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They fly into IMC. The guy in the left seat is still controlling the
airplane, so he still gets to log PIC. Now, since the flight has gone
into IMC, there's no longer a safety pilot requirement. So the guy in
the right seat no longer gets to log PIC, since his presence is now
superflous.

His presence isn't superfluous, it's just ceased to be an opreation
requiring
more than one pilot, which is a logging issue only.

Just a minute. The operation does so require more than one pilot, since we
have specified that the actual PIC (TopDog) isn't manipulating the controls.
Someone had better be manipulating the controls, or someone will soon be
talking to the NTSB.

If the TopDog were to take the controls at the time of entering IMC, that
would be a different operation (the entire purpose of this operation is to
give the HOT some instrument time).

That's my argument and I'm sticking to it until I see something else in the
FAQ or counsel rulings.

-- David Brooks