You were PIC. When I took my chick ride, my examiner told me before we got in
the airplane that I was PIC. I took the hint. When I fly with another pilot, we
always determine in advance who is PIC. It cut down on the confusion. Except
when I fly with my CFII, it's understood that I'm always PIC.

One way to look at it is. If there are two people in the airplane an one (the
examiner) is NOT the PIC, then the other one (you) is.

The reason examiners are not PIC's is so that neither the FAA nor the examiner
can be held liable.

On 28 Sep 2006 01:18:02 -0700, "tjd" wrote:

What about the private checkride? I found some old threads on this
group but I'd call them inconclusive. 61.47 is clear that the examiner
is not (normally) the PIC and is "not subject to the requirements or
limitations for the carriage of passengers that are specified in this
chapter." So how does that interact with 61.51e4? If the student
can't log it, does no-one log the PIC time?

Someone (probably my instructor) told me to log ny checkride as PIC, so
I did - now I'm wondering if I should change it.

todd.

GeorgeC