Do you have to solo to get current?

"Skidder" wrote in
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As we all know, you can't carry a passenger unless you are current. But
if two pilots get in an aircraft with dual controls, can either of them
really be considered a passenger? You can log PIC from either seat.

Lets say, I have a PPL but am not current. My best friend has a PPL but
is not current. Both of us have a current medical? Is it legal for both
of us to get in an aircraft with dual controls, at the same time, shoot
6 take offs and landings, 3 each, and log ourselves as current and split
the flying time in our logs?

Would be both absolutely have to have a current medical?

Who is PIC when pilot #1 is flying the plane?

What role is pilot #2 playing when pilot #1 is flying the plane? Is he a
required crew member? Is he manipulating the controls?

If pilot #2 were sitting in the back seat instead of the front seat during
the flight would his role as passenger be any more or less clear?

I think the answers are pretty cut and dry, and your attorney friend is just
trying to play loophole games with the regs because that's what attorneys do,
and it's convenient for him.