I am trying to clean up my log book and am concerned about some of my logged PIC time. I need a clarification of when a student can log dual flights and safety pilot time as PIC.
1) After completing my private license my instructor immediately had me start logging all of my simulated instrument flights as BOTH Dual and PIC. They indicated to me that once certificated I was technically PIC even when flying dual under the hood. They are PIC when we are in actual, but I am PIC when in VMC under the hood.
2) Later when getting checked out in a complex aircraft by another instructor they had me log the first few hours as only Dual until I received the complex endorsement. Then I logged additional dual hours (for insurance) as PIC also.
3) I understand that when 2 instrument-rated non-CFII pilots fly in VMC with one under the hood and the other as safety pilot, both may legally log this as PIC.
Are these 3 situations correct? Assuming they are, is it necessary to also keep a total of my "actual PIC" time where I was not receiving instruction or acting as safety pilot. I seem to remember reading Doug's posts about airlines wanting to see PIC time as only non-instruction, non-saftey pilot time.
1) After completing my private license my instructor immediately had me start logging all of my simulated instrument flights as BOTH Dual and PIC. They indicated to me that once certificated I was technically PIC even when flying dual under the hood. They are PIC when we are in actual, but I am PIC when in VMC under the hood.
2) Later when getting checked out in a complex aircraft by another instructor they had me log the first few hours as only Dual until I received the complex endorsement. Then I logged additional dual hours (for insurance) as PIC also.
3) I understand that when 2 instrument-rated non-CFII pilots fly in VMC with one under the hood and the other as safety pilot, both may legally log this as PIC.
Are these 3 situations correct? Assuming they are, is it necessary to also keep a total of my "actual PIC" time where I was not receiving instruction or acting as safety pilot. I seem to remember reading Doug's posts about airlines wanting to see PIC time as only non-instruction, non-saftey pilot time.