Student as PIC in IMC?

"Roy Smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
(Teacherjh) wrote:


Every flight must have a PIC to ensure the safe conduct of the flight.
A
piece of hardware (autopilot) cannot fill this requirement.


Hmmm... what about RPVs? Who (if anybody) gets to log what, and why?

Every RPV has an "operator" (not sure what term they use) sitting at a
computer console somewhere (perhaps halfway around the world). My
understanding is that they do indeed get to log PIC time.

Nobody says the PIC has to be inside the aircraft :-)
Agreed. For instance the CFI watching his student do a solo. Also, a
Marine Predator pilot told me he had to be an Instrument Rated pilot --
we're all in the same air, he said.

The need for a PIC is in 91.3 (a): "The pilot in command of an aircraft is
directly responsible for, and is the final authority as to, the operation of
that aircraft."