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MidlifeFlyer · February 17th, 2005, 10:00

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However, I agree with the Part 61 FAQ, how can a safety pilot possibly log XC time when he/she doesn't touch the controls during takeoff or landing? The safety pilot would certainly seem to a mere passenger for the VFR portions of the flight.

[/ QUOTE ]Try this one.Base your answers on the same principles that the FAQ is based on unless you can point to something in the regulation that makes it different.

You and I decide to go on a trip and share the flying duties. We are in an airplane with plenty of range, so we decide to do our trip in one 500 NM leg. You take off and fly 250 NM and then the controls become mine. I finish the trip and land. Doesn't the FAQ suggest that neither of us can log the flight as cross country?

Neither performs the takeoff and the landing. Each are merely passengers for 1/2 the flight. So no one gets to count =any= of the time as cross country.

The problem with the incorrect portions of the FAQ is that they tend to be results oriented rather than regulation oriented. Yup maybe it makes sense that a safety pilot who is acting as PIC and is responsible for the flying pilot's navigational errors like getting lost or busting airspace can't log any of the flight time as cross country, but the regulation quite simply isn't written that way.

February 17th, 2005, 10:00	#6
MidlifeFlyer Old Skool Join Date: May 2003 Location: Denver Colorado Posts: 3,118	Re: Logging XC Time When Safety Pilot? [ QUOTE ] However, I agree with the Part 61 FAQ, how can a safety pilot possibly log XC time when he/she doesn't touch the controls during takeoff or landing? The safety pilot would certainly seem to a mere passenger for the VFR portions of the flight. [/ QUOTE ]Try this one.Base your answers on the same principles that the FAQ is based on unless you can point to something in the regulation that makes it different. You and I decide to go on a trip and share the flying duties. We are in an airplane with plenty of range, so we decide to do our trip in one 500 NM leg. You take off and fly 250 NM and then the controls become mine. I finish the trip and land. Doesn't the FAQ suggest that neither of us can log the flight as cross country? Neither performs the takeoff and the landing. Each are merely passengers for 1/2 the flight. So no one gets to count =any= of the time as cross country. The problem with the incorrect portions of the FAQ is that they tend to be results oriented rather than regulation oriented. Yup maybe it makes sense that a safety pilot who is acting as PIC and is responsible for the flying pilot's navigational errors like getting lost or busting airspace can't log any of the flight time as cross country, but the regulation quite simply isn't written that way.