"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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European and UK rules may be different, in the USA, the name
on an IFR flight plan as PIC must be a current IFR rated
pilot.


"Must be" and "is" are not necessarily the same; there is no cross-check at
the time the flight plan is filed.