"Howard Nelson" wrote in message
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In number 3 you and the other pilot need to decide who is PIC. I log
"safety
pilot" time in my book but not PIC. If an enforcement action is brought
against the flight the PIC is responsible. My partner and I usually have
the
person under the hood as PIC.

Howard

As a strictly VFR pilot at this point, I'm just curious about this:

When I hear other planes asking various valley ATC facilities to (don't
really know the right term...) "allow" them to practice approaches to
airports around the Phoenix area, the words "radar services not available,
maintain VFR" are often the last words out of the controllers mouth.

Given that the PIC is ultimately responsible for the safety of the flight,
how (if the person under the hood is the PIC) does this flight legally
maintain Visual Flight Rules when the PIC does not have any Visual?

TIA,

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ