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I'm not sure I buy that argument. Of course the regulation doesn't
help
because it is not precise. The logging of instrument time make the
distinction very
clear for "acting" PIC and "logging" PIC. FAR 61.65d1 says:

(d) Aeronautical experience. A person who applies for an instrument rating
must have
logged the following:
(1) At least 50 hours of cross-country flight time as pilot in command, of
which at
least 10 hours must be in airplanes for an instrumentairplane rating; and

There is no separate column in my logbook for time I acted as PIC
(assumed to
be the same as your definition of "being PIC", "top-dog", "head-honcho",
"the-big
fazootti", etc), vs. time that I logged PIC. In other words, the act of
acting PIC
isn't logged... I'm sure this can be argued ad-nauseum both ways, but it
just ****es
me off that the regulation-perverse FAA is so flippin' vaugue about the
important
stuff.

In my logbook, there are columns for Captain, logbook holders operating
capacity and for PIC time.

Head honcho instructor goes down as captain, me goes in operating capacity
as P1/s ie supervised PIC and the time goes in PIC. It is an English logbook
and neatly sets out the various responsibilities.