"Slav Inger" wrote in message ...


WRT "as long as they don't actually operate under IFR", while the
airplane must be rated for IFR in this case, I'd just like to clarify
that it IS legal for a not-yet-rated instrument student to log PIC when
in IMC and on an IFR flight plan when their CFII is sitting next to
them.

That is to day, the PIC doesn't need to be the one flying by insturments (and
logging the instrument time). Doesn't need to be a CFII. Any safety pilot
legal to be the IFR PIC can play that role.