On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 11:25:18 -0700, "Peter Duniho"
wrote:

You are making the classic mistake of thinking that a pilot needs to be
acting as PIC in order to log the time as PIC. That's simply not true, and
the fact that the pilot flying isn't qualified to act as PIC in no way
prevents them from logging the time as PIC.


OK, please give a True/False for the statements below (assume
non-instructional flights).

In a single pilot airplane, the person not flying can act as PIC, but
cannot log PIC for the time he is not manipulating the controls.

In a single pilot airplane, it is fine for the person to log PIC even
if he is not current, as long as there is someone current on board
acting as PIC.

The non-current pilot logging the PIC time cannot use this for
currency requirements because he was not acting as PIC.

The idiosyncrasies between logging and acting as PIC are more complex
than needed for single crew member aircraft.

If all of the above are true I understand your statements, and the
concepts even though I still find it bizarre.

Thanks.
z