FAR:Safety Pilot & High Performance/Complex?

Bingo. Nice job Todd.
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"Todd Pattist" wrote in message
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Robert Moore wrote:

"John T" wrote
Actually, now that I re-read the FAR sections I quoted (61.31),
I think Jose may be right. This sounds like a good question to
fire off to the local FSDO and/or AOPA.

Yes John, you were incorrect, and we have beat this subject
to death at least three times during the past six months.

Actually, John T was wrong with both his answers. The first
time he answered the wrong question and got it wrong. The
second time he answered the same wrong question and got it
right, but it's still not the correct answer to the original
third question that was asked. The correct answer to the
original third question is "yes."

The question that was asked was:

"3) Ok, now the combination of the two. Lets say I do need
an endorsment for the complex/HP aircraft. Can I log time
as the safety pilot in this plane if I haven't yet gotten
the endorsement for complex/HP? 91.109.b.2 says the safety
pilot just needs to be a private pilot with the appropriate
category and class ratings."

The answer is yes, he can log the time as "safety pilot"
provided he has the appropriate category and class ratings.
The time should be logged as SIC (Second in Command) time
because the applicable regulations require two pilots. SIC
time is not useful for much, but it is recognized in the
FAR's. As the other posts point out, it cannot be logged as
PIC time, but that isn't the question that was asked (even
though it's likely that was the question that he *meant* to
ask :-)

Todd Pattist
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