The safety pilot is a required crewmember (observer),
required to be qualified to act as PIC since the pilot can't
see and avoid. The CFI must have the medical if the
"student" is under the hood. On the other hand, a CFI can
instruct in IFR procedures as long as the student is fully
qualified to be PIC (flight review, certificate and required
endorsements) if the student is not under the hood.

If the "student" is a qualified and current Instrument rated
pilot and the flight is conducted in IMC, the CFI would not
be a required crewmember.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Jose" wrote in message
...
| Thus, the CFI w/o a medical cannot be a safety pilot
under
| simulated instrument conditions.
|
| Uhhh... I'm not so sure about that. If a private pilot
with a class III
| medical can be a safety pilot, the addition of the CFI
endorsement
| should not remove that privilage. Could it be that it is
merely that a
| pilot could not log such flight as =dual=?
|
| Jose
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