ajstoner21
Cleared for Takeoff
I know there is a lot of discussion about logging versus acting as PIC with respect to serving as a safety pilot, however, what do the FARs say about receiving compensation for time as a safety pilot?
If you are only a private pilot, are you allowed to receive compenstation for time spent as a safety pilot (with prior agreement to log PIC time due to being a required crew member during the portion of the flight the sole manipulator of controls is in simulated IMC)?
I feel I am opening this up for discussion once again, but, by what the FARs and the Chief Counsel interpetation state (http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...interpretations/data/interps/2009/Gebhart.pdf)
If on a cross country flight, pilot A who is under the hood is logging PIC for the entire flight due to being the sole manipulator of controls, and pilot B who is serving as safety pilot is logging PIC for portion of flight while pilot A is under-the-hood in simulated IMC, who is acting PIC?
I think the answer to whether the safety pilot may receive compensation depends on if they are acting PIC. If they are acting as PIC, I would imagine they need to be a commercial pilot to receive compensation, but if they are not acting, and only logging....?
If you are only a private pilot, are you allowed to receive compenstation for time spent as a safety pilot (with prior agreement to log PIC time due to being a required crew member during the portion of the flight the sole manipulator of controls is in simulated IMC)?
I feel I am opening this up for discussion once again, but, by what the FARs and the Chief Counsel interpetation state (http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org...interpretations/data/interps/2009/Gebhart.pdf)
If on a cross country flight, pilot A who is under the hood is logging PIC for the entire flight due to being the sole manipulator of controls, and pilot B who is serving as safety pilot is logging PIC for portion of flight while pilot A is under-the-hood in simulated IMC, who is acting PIC?
I think the answer to whether the safety pilot may receive compensation depends on if they are acting PIC. If they are acting as PIC, I would imagine they need to be a commercial pilot to receive compensation, but if they are not acting, and only logging....?