"GD" == Gary Drescher writes:

GD "Bob Fry" wrote in
GD message ...
I wonder if the student was going to try to log the time?

GD As what? There's no provision for logging time as a passenger.

Exactly.

While we'll never know what arrangement the pilot and student had,
look at what the pilot stated on the TV interview: that the student
was doing all the flying, even after the intercepts, while the pilot
spent his time fiddling with the radio. It sure sounds like the
student intended to log some time, but again, we'll never really
know.