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Old February 29th, 2008, 10:40   #2
tgrayson
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Default Re: MEI FARS "Supervised solo PIC"

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Originally Posted by SierraPilot123 View Post
How can you log REAL PIC without being rated in the aircraft?
You can't, unless you're alone in the airplane. The reason some instructors are saying otherwise is that only about 1% understand "logging PIC" concepts. Logging PIC is soley governed by 61.51(e).

And the label "supervised solo" is a misnomer. Here's the regulation:



61.129(b)
(4) 10 hours of solo flight time in a multiengine airplane or 10 hours of flight time performing the duties of pilot in command in a multiengine airplane with an authorized instructor (either of which may be credited towards the flight time requirement in paragraph (b)(2) of this section), on the areas of operation listed in §61.127(b)(2) of this part that includes at least—
So 61.129(b)(4) allows the commercial pilot to credit the 10 towards the PIC time requirement for the Commercial certificate, but it's not actually PIC time and can't be used as such for other purposes.
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