BTIZ wrote:


If you are under the hood and have a rated pilot acting as a safety pilot,
then all you need is his name..
any time you are flying with hands on stick, with or without the hood, you
are PIC, any time you are under the hood, he may log PIC (acting pic) even
though he may never touch the stick.

BT


This is a NIT-pick but its an IMPORTANT one..

The Safety pilot is considered a required crew-member and under that
role is considered Second In Command or SIC. So he can log it as SIC.

If the pilot-flying (hood pilot) AND the Safety Pilot BOTH agree that
the Safety Pilot "IS" the "Pilot in Command" for the period the
pilot-flying is under the hood, THEN the safety pilot can log it as PIC.
You need to agree beforehand. This is usually not of consequence UNTIL
or UNLESS something goes wrong: you break or bend something, the plane
busts airspace, a near-midair occurs and is reported.. etc..

That can expose the Safety Pilot to accountability as the PIC.

Reality is.. the hood pilot and the safety pilot both log and claim
PIC.. just understand what the implications are when you do it.

Dave