On Sat, 24 Feb 2007 20:13:09 -0600, "tscottme"
wrote:

By allowing non-club members to act as safety pilot in club aircraft isn't
that a big loophole to allow pilots of unknown qualification access to club
aircraft? I don't propose that their are unscrupulous pilots using the
safety pilot "loophole" to gain access to aircraft for nefarious reasons.

The safety pilot is chosen by the PIC, no?

As I've safetied for my friends, I've NEVER actually flown the plane.
G My job is simply to look for other VFR traffic, and ensure we
stay separated from traffic called out to us by ATC, while the other
pilot was under the hood and flying the instruments.

What "nefarious reasons" could a safety pilot have who's been chosen
by the PIC? Many of our local safety pilots are FBO line people
working up advanced ratings and looking to log free time.