On Mar 9, 7:32 pm, "Skidder" wrote:

Because the answer to your question is trivial. We already answered
it. If you don't like the answer call AOPA, don't bug us about the
fact that you disagree with what we already told you is fact. Call
AOPA (or the FSDO) if you want to argue it.

Well what can I say Robert. If you think the answer is that trivial, and open
and shut, and you have no interest in exploring the topic, why are you here?
There are lots of other threads, and groups to explore.

Well, I think that for almost everyone the answer is trivial.

You are confusing the qualifications of a specific person (i.e. being
a pilot), with the role that the person is doing during a flight.

The person who is not the PIC can be A pilot, but not THE pilot for
the specific flight.
If the other pilot sits in the back seat, he is still A pilot right,
so it can be carried without the guy in the front being current? Even
sitting in front of my computer, I am still A pilot. I am just not
being THE pilot of any flight.
If I sit in the back of an airliner, I am still a pilot right?.. I
still have my pilot's license.....but I am a passenger of that
specific flight.
If I am not THE pilot of a specific flight, or other crewmember, then
I am a passenger, who happens to be qualified as a pilot.