Sat Dec 04, 2021 10:16 am
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ANO/FCL have no concept of “pilot manipulating controls”? that surely comes from FAA? down here the PIC is simply “the dude who is sole responsible of aircraft safety” even if he uses dark magic to fly it or leave controls to pax, elf’s or autopilot the PIC has to be rated on type of course…
Unlike FAA, in ANO/FCL one can’t log flight time by moving the stick (you can log PIC time in US by manipulation of controls even if you are not rated on aircraft as long as there is another pilot who is rated, as such their rules allow dual PIC time logging between pilots, there is no such concept in EASA/CAA land, there is only one PIC in single pilot aircraft, he is defined as “the dude responsible for safety”, the others are students or passengers)
There is a tendency to over interpret legal definitions and some myths just don’t die..
Unlike FAA, in ANO/FCL one can’t log flight time by moving the stick (you can log PIC time in US by manipulation of controls even if you are not rated on aircraft as long as there is another pilot who is rated, as such their rules allow dual PIC time logging between pilots, there is no such concept in EASA/CAA land, there is only one PIC in single pilot aircraft, he is defined as “the dude responsible for safety”, the others are students or passengers)
There is a tendency to over interpret legal definitions and some myths just don’t die..
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