Surely you can only have one PIC?

Perhaps it's different over here (UK)

Yes, it's different in the US. We don't speak the King's English.

On this side of the pond, PIC has two different meanings depending on
context. In the context of authority, it means "the person who is the
final authority on the conduct of the flight", and there can be only one
of them. However, in the context of loggable time, it means, among
other things, "sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft in which
he is rated", irrespective of who is the final authority on the flight.
In the same breath, it means "person who is the final authority on the
flight, if a copilot is required". This was probably deliberately
arranged by the FAA to entertain pilots who are waiting thunderstorms
out in some FBO far from home.

The long and the short of it, only one person can be "top dog" on the
flight, but several people can put in their logbook that they had HOT
("hands-on time"). We just use the same word for both.

Jose
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