Safety pilot - logging cross-country

Jose wrote:
: Same way with a non-pilot manipulating the controls. I believe the FARs
: specify this as illegal

: Not for part 91, that I know of.

I remember reading it in black-and-white, but now that I look back (and do a
quick search), I see I was probably reading part 121.545 or 135.115.

Interesting... it solves a loophole I had in my head for awhile about letting
non-pilots manipulate the controls. If you literally read the conditions under which
one may log PIC time, that is not loggable. I find it quite ****ty that a specific
letter had to clarify this situation as it's not in the FARs. Basically, when the FAA
thinks it's appropriate, "acting as PIC" consitutes being able to "log PIC"... it's
just never used that way in the FARs.

-Cory

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* Cory Papenfuss *
* Electrical Engineering candidate Ph.D. graduate student *
* Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University *
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