My response is not crossposted as the intial post was, as crossposting
is evil and wrong.

a) I logged a flight where I was safety pilot for a guy getting IFR
current, as PIC time, two or three years ago. However, my ego and/or
conscience won't let me do it again, and were it not so far back in my
logbook as to be really ugly to reverse it, I'd do it. I now think it's
a lame way to log PIC time. It's great experience, and a great help to
the other fellow, but not loggable in (my) good conscience.

b) in my (log)book, Second in Command time is worthless. What's it good
for, really?

Disclaimer: I'm hungry for PIC hours, as I have aspirations to be a
commercial pilot, in order to fulfill my mid-life-crisis-founded need
for an eventual career change. But, safety pilot time doesn't cut the
mustard for me.

Dave Blevins

On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 02:31:21 GMT, "CFLav8r"
wrote:

I recently helped a friend fly to St. Augustine from Orlando.
My question is: Can or should you log the time as safety pilot?
Although I did not actually fly the aircraft, I did handle the radios and
visual guide while my friend flew under the hood.

David (KORL)