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To raise an old topic:
I've read AC90-116 thoroughly, but it doesn't answer one question. Is the observer pilot required to log their pilot function time in their pilot log book? My interest is mainly from the point of view of them meeting insurance requirements to act as pilot in command after having gained experience as observer pilot. The AC only specifies that the builder-pilot notes details of utilizing an observer pilot in their log book. |
One can log (or not) anything at all. The better question is whether an observer pilot having logged those flights during which he served as observer can expect those hours to apply toward meeting future insurance requirements.
Given that he's not acting as PIC or even SIC (not a required crew member, but merely a permitted one), my suspicion is that the insurance companies won't give any weight toward "experience" gained as an observer. That said, the only useful answer will come from the insurance agent involved. |
It seems a little bit of a grey area.
They have a pilot function for which they must be qualified. A safety pilot on a simulated IMC flight can legitimately log the time in that function as PIC and the situation is analogous in some respects (i.e they must be qualified to act as PIC and are declered in the pilot's log). |
free advice...that I even followed for my new to me RV
I have worked with several RV folks with glass earn their IFR rating / currency in their plane. De-cluttering your screens WILL make you fly better. New to you airplane or avionics: Needle ball airspeed. Look out the window. Try to get transition training. Especially pattern work. Learn "the box" later with someone else on board to watch for traffic and those "what's it doin now" times. I have watched all of these and needed to intervene: slow airspeed (forgot to add throttle in climb) near miss with non xponder aircraft blown through courses / altitudes penetrated controlled airspace These are very good pilots too. Its just too much going on in the cockpit. Especially when you're new to the plane and or the avionics. In the airline world you go through procedurial trainers before you even enter the Sim let alone the real airplane. I wish we had those same tools for EAB phase one. So...for now we have to stack the deck in our favor with what we do have. Fly the plane and incrementally add cockpit tasks. Again... I believe having someone else with you helps this process. |
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