Let a friend fly the plane. Legal?

On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:27:31 GMT, Robert Chambers
wrote:

Funny, my flying clubs rule states that the "pilot" sit in the left
seat.

But that is the "club rules". Among the reasons it's probably there is
to keep memebers from giving lessons to friends and relatives in the
club's airplanes.



Not to say that during a wings phase the CFI and the "student"
swap seats to see how it is to fly from the right seat. The club rules
also prohibit landing on grass strips but when we learned soft field
landing techniques we practiced on a grass strip.

john smith wrote:
In article ,
Roger wrote:


In my Deb and I think most US manufactured planes the pilot may
operate from either seat with neither being designated as the pilot's
seat by the manufacturer. At least I can not find any reference other
than convention as to where the pilot sits.


As the manager of my flying club once told me, "Does your pilot's
license say 'Left Seat Only'?"
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com