"601XL Builder" wrDOTgiacona@suddenlinkDOTnet wrote in message
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Maxwell wrote:
"Gig 601XL Builder" wrDOTgiaconaATsuddenlink.net wrote in message
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Maxwell wrote:
"Judah" wrote in message
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It doesn't matter what you call the guy in the right seat. For the
purpose of meeting 61.57, the person in the right seat is not
necessary for the conduct of the flight, and therefore doesn't
belong there.
It matters if you call him a pilot. How can you consider someone
mearly a passenger, if they are as qualified to fly the aircraft as
the pilot. And if he is indeed a pilot, you are not carrying a
passenger, and you don't have to meet the requirements of 61.57.

Currency to carry a passenger is what 61.57 is all about.

I see where the guy is going with this, and I for one think he might
have a point.

Not to mention the fact that if both people are qualified to solo the
aircraft, why would the FAA care. They are both pilots and they are
not carrying passengers.
The FAA cares in several situations. Let's take for example my
Homebuilt. For the first 40 hours only one person can be in it at a
time. I can't even have a fully qualified CFI in the plane with me
during that Phase 1 time.

And in what way does have anything to do with this topic?



I was giving an example where the FAA would care. It is a similar
situation where the flight would be legal with one of two pilots on board
but not both of the pilots at the same time.

If you don't see the similarity you are either stupid or a troll.

No, I'm not stupid, and I'm certainly not a troll.

You want to compare as sutation where you have,

two certifed pilots, each flying the same certified airplane individually,

to two certified pilots, flying in the same certified airplane at the same
time,

to a builder flying the initial 40 hours off an amauter build aircraft.

In no way are either of the first two examples in any way related to a test
pilot flying and unknown ship during it's it's initial 40 hours.