Here's the case.
A buddy of mine is a CFI somewhere and he asked me something weird that i wasnt sure what to answer. So, in his school there is student who needs 50 hours of cross country before he starts his instrument rating. Obviously he is a private pilot. Now, the chief pilot doesnt trust the student to fly 50 hours solo and he forced the student to fly with a CFI. But, the student refused to do it because of money and he is right in my opinion. Finally the student aggreed to fly with the CFI only and only if he is not paying for instruction. To make the story short, my friend(CFI) is flying with that student, he is getting paid but he is just flying as a safety pilot, meaning he is not giving instruction. The big question is , does he have to sign the student's logbook?
If he signs the logbook, it has to be instruction given and the CFI gets the flight time too but in reality he is not teaching anything. He is just a "passenger".
BUT, since he is flying as a safety pilot, he doesnt really have to sign the logbook. Is it legal not to sign the student's logbook, and still log the flight time in his logbook as safety pilot?
Basically, he flew twice so far, he logged the time in his logbook as safety pilot and the student logged the time by himself. So is it legal? I beleive yes but i need your opinions.
A buddy of mine is a CFI somewhere and he asked me something weird that i wasnt sure what to answer. So, in his school there is student who needs 50 hours of cross country before he starts his instrument rating. Obviously he is a private pilot. Now, the chief pilot doesnt trust the student to fly 50 hours solo and he forced the student to fly with a CFI. But, the student refused to do it because of money and he is right in my opinion. Finally the student aggreed to fly with the CFI only and only if he is not paying for instruction. To make the story short, my friend(CFI) is flying with that student, he is getting paid but he is just flying as a safety pilot, meaning he is not giving instruction. The big question is , does he have to sign the student's logbook?
If he signs the logbook, it has to be instruction given and the CFI gets the flight time too but in reality he is not teaching anything. He is just a "passenger".
BUT, since he is flying as a safety pilot, he doesnt really have to sign the logbook. Is it legal not to sign the student's logbook, and still log the flight time in his logbook as safety pilot?
Basically, he flew twice so far, he logged the time in his logbook as safety pilot and the student logged the time by himself. So is it legal? I beleive yes but i need your opinions.