Then I read Part 61.1, and the time on a XC that you log PIC, you can also
log XC, assuming all the other requirements are met.

Well, consider:

61.1(a)(3) Cross country time means ... time acquired during a flight -
(C) that includes a landing...

Is it the flight that has to include the landing, or the time? The
sentence (and the other similar ones) is ambiguous. It is the nature of
English, but creating unambiguous English is the job of lawyers, who
have failed in whatever attempt they made when creating the FARs.

Jose
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