How to advertise myself as a safety pilot?
08-22-2011, 11:49 PM
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Negative. As a safety pilot you are "acting as PIC" in order to log PIC, and 61.31e states you can't act as PIC of a complex plane unless endorsed. No acting as PIC = no logging as PIC. On the plus side, instructors need to maintain instrument currency too, so pull a leg or two and get a complex endorsement. Problem solved.
08-23-2011, 03:19 PM
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08-28-2011, 04:31 PM
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I'm not sure how Cape Air operates exactly, but if they don't have an approved autopilot, they have to have a SIC onboard. If they do, then it's not required, but.......here's the catch. If their Ops' Spec's approve and/or require a SIC, even though in the Part 91 world it's a single-pilot aircraft, then it can be logged as SIC.
The great question is, what does this SIC time in a twin-cessna get you??? It gets you Total Time, and experience in the companies airframes so that when you hit the magic 1200TT, you should be ready to take your check-ride and start flying PIC. Outside of this organization, most folks aren't going to look favorably at SIC time earned this way. In this case just chalk it up as good experience!
08-28-2011, 07:08 PM
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That is a completely different animal. They log SIC because an SIC is required for the type of operation.
As far as logging PIC in a complex aircraft without the complex endorsement, I would say no.
I also want to say good job for coming on here and asking a question. Glad to see you're trying to think outside the box and continue your education. Have fun in Davis. Get a part time job and put it towards your flying.
As far as logging PIC in a complex aircraft without the complex endorsement, I would say no.
I also want to say good job for coming on here and asking a question. Glad to see you're trying to think outside the box and continue your education. Have fun in Davis. Get a part time job and put it towards your flying.
08-29-2011, 05:00 PM
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So it is or isn't in their Ops Specs? I thought it had to be in there to even allow someone to even touch the controls, along with a basic check-ride etc..etc...
08-29-2011, 09:17 PM
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I had some luck going to EAA meetings and finding old people who were either on the verge of losing/lost their medicals that still owned their own planes that wanted someone to be a legal PIC so they could make some $100 hamburger trips. It didn't count for a lot of time, maybe 20-25 hours at the most, but it was free and PIC (and none of that safety pilot time that so many people dislike).
08-30-2011, 02:09 AM
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They taught me 2 words there:
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