Re: ? for Active CFII\'s
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As a current IFR student, I am logging my
simulated IMC time as PIC. My instructor is not the PIC,
unless we are in
Actual conditions. Does he actually get to log his non-IMC time as PIC, eventhough he is not flying the plane?
[/ QUOTE ]Let's try to simplify this. It depends on the situation.
Here's the scenario. You are a private pilot. The "aircraft ratings" section of your pilot certificate says "Airplane Single Engine Land". You are training for you instrument rating in a simple single engine land airplane.
Now, let's separate the logging from the acting issue.
Logging:
You get to log PIC all of the time you are flying the airplane. Doesn't matter whether the conditions are VFR, simulated instrument, or actual instrument. That's because FAR 61.51 says "A recreational, private, or commercial pilot may log pilot-in-command time ... for that flight time during which that person ... Is the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated"
The CFI gets to log PIC time, because 61.51 also says "An authorized instructor may log as pilot-in-command time all flight time while acting as an authorized instructor."
Acting:
If the training is taking place on an IFR flight plan and/or actual instrument conditions, your CFI has to be acting as PIC. That's because you must be instrument rated and current to act as PIC on an instrument flight plan or in IMC.
If the flight is taking place under visual flight rules, who is acting as PIC is a matter of agreement between you and the CFI. That agreement may be expressed or just tacit, but it's there.
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Keep them straight
Acting As PIC = duty, authority, responsibility
Logging PIC Time = putting numbers in columns on a piece of paper
Different purposes, different concepts, different rules.