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PDC · July 21st, 2008, 00:14

John Smith (CPMEL), Captain, and Rick Jones, First Officer, depart in a Navajo for a three-hour flight. After takeoff, JS punches the NAV button on the autopilot; he says to Rick, "put 10,000 in the altitude hold and arm it, will you?"

Three hours later, these pilots land and go into the office to fill out their logbooks.

If I have understood the message of this thread, here's what has to happen by the regs. Since John Smith was not the _sole_ manipulator of the controls for most of this flight (both pilots having pressed the autopilot buttons governing different axes of flight control), John logs as PIC time only those minutes he spent during the departure and arrival phases of flight.

Or, have I missed something?

July 21st, 2008, 00:14	#35
PDC Newbie Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Baltimore Posts: 21	Re: Brick Wall John Smith (CPMEL), Captain, and Rick Jones, First Officer, depart in a Navajo for a three-hour flight. After takeoff, JS punches the NAV button on the autopilot; he says to Rick, "put 10,000 in the altitude hold and arm it, will you?" Three hours later, these pilots land and go into the office to fill out their logbooks. If I have understood the message of this thread, here's what has to happen by the regs. Since John Smith was not the _sole_ manipulator of the controls for most of this flight (both pilots having pressed the autopilot buttons governing different axes of flight control), John logs as PIC time only those minutes he spent during the departure and arrival phases of flight. Or, have I missed something?