1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,699 Are you ready for a logging extravaganza that we'll have you check in your log 2 00:00:05,699 --> 00:00:10,410 book for accuracy while learning how to really understand the regs around logging. 3 00:00:11,040 --> 00:00:15,000 Then you're going to love today's episode of the student pilot cast. 4 00:00:15,450 --> 00:00:17,220 Logging for mere mortals. 5 00:00:39,663 --> 00:00:41,553 Welcome back SPC listeners. 6 00:00:41,793 --> 00:00:46,143 I'm pumped to be back with a special episode of the student pilot cast during 7 00:00:46,143 --> 00:00:50,223 one of our recent recording sessions for beyond the check ride segment. 8 00:00:50,613 --> 00:00:50,943 Kent. 9 00:00:50,943 --> 00:00:55,623 And I realize that we had done one that went way beyond an hour. 10 00:00:55,923 --> 00:00:59,103 As we dove into a bunch of areas of logging. 11 00:00:59,493 --> 00:01:00,303 Clearly. 12 00:01:00,543 --> 00:01:04,983 We could have broken that topic up into smaller bite sized pieces. 13 00:01:05,373 --> 00:01:09,453 But because we're either lazy, too busy, or we just love talking about flying, even 14 00:01:09,453 --> 00:01:13,413 when it's mostly about the regulations we decided to just let it ride. 15 00:01:13,743 --> 00:01:19,503 Now I did manage to edit it down to just over an hour, but that's still too long. 16 00:01:19,803 --> 00:01:21,603 To have it as just a segment. 17 00:01:21,603 --> 00:01:23,823 So we'll forgo the training flight today. 18 00:01:24,363 --> 00:01:26,493 To get this valuable information out. 19 00:01:27,033 --> 00:01:27,993 Hope you enjoy it. 20 00:01:28,293 --> 00:01:31,113 And also that you get some good information out of it. 21 00:01:32,493 --> 00:01:37,083 We've already discussed some limitations that we didn't know about 22 00:01:37,083 --> 00:01:38,943 in ForeFlight since we recorded this. 23 00:01:39,303 --> 00:01:43,533 We cover briefly how to do some of the logging and how you can do some 24 00:01:43,533 --> 00:01:47,853 of it in ForeFlight it wasn't mostly about ForeFlight it's mostly about, you 25 00:01:47,853 --> 00:01:51,873 know, how you logged no matter how you do it, but we did mention ForeFlight 26 00:01:51,873 --> 00:01:53,223 and showed ForeFlight a little bit. 27 00:01:53,223 --> 00:01:57,183 If you're looking at the video version of this, so. 28 00:01:57,513 --> 00:02:00,303 See, if you can run across anything like that. 29 00:02:00,843 --> 00:02:02,043 And let us know about it. 30 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:04,713 And we may do a follow-up to talk about that as well. 31 00:02:05,043 --> 00:02:06,213 Even better though. 32 00:02:07,053 --> 00:02:08,103 What did we forget? 33 00:02:08,703 --> 00:02:10,053 Or what did we get wrong? 34 00:02:10,533 --> 00:02:12,603 In this beyond the checkride segment. 35 00:02:12,603 --> 00:02:17,883 Uh, reach out to us via email@billatstudentpilotcast.com or you 36 00:02:17,883 --> 00:02:21,843 can use the contact form on the website if you prefer, but reach out to us and 37 00:02:21,843 --> 00:02:27,063 let us know your, take your stories or anything that you think we may have 38 00:02:27,063 --> 00:02:29,343 gotten wrong or should have said better. 39 00:02:30,303 --> 00:02:30,903 By the way. 40 00:02:31,473 --> 00:02:34,743 The video version of this segment is already published on YouTube. 41 00:02:34,923 --> 00:02:36,453 Uh, published it a little bit earlier. 42 00:02:36,933 --> 00:02:37,443 Today. 43 00:02:37,773 --> 00:02:41,763 And you might want to go check that out in this case because 44 00:02:41,763 --> 00:02:43,503 Kent will be sharing some visuals. 45 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:49,323 To help go through the regs as, as well as some of the interpretations and as 46 00:02:49,323 --> 00:02:53,613 well as using ForeFlight a little bit, like I said, so the video version of 47 00:02:53,613 --> 00:02:55,953 this could actually prove pretty helpful. 48 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:58,593 You can go to our YouTube channel to. 49 00:02:59,073 --> 00:03:03,723 Find it it's at youtube.com/at student pilot cast. 50 00:03:04,053 --> 00:03:06,303 Or you can just search for student pilot cast or student 51 00:03:06,303 --> 00:03:08,073 pilot cast logging on YouTube. 52 00:03:08,553 --> 00:03:10,713 There'll also be a link in the show notes. 53 00:03:11,043 --> 00:03:13,413 So lots of ways to find the videos. 54 00:03:13,413 --> 00:03:15,213 So don't forget to go check it out. 55 00:03:15,873 --> 00:03:16,773 While you're there. 56 00:03:17,283 --> 00:03:21,273 Why don't you hit subscribe on our tiny fledgling YouTube channel as well. 57 00:03:21,633 --> 00:03:25,503 So, thanks for always listening and thanks for watching. 58 00:03:25,803 --> 00:03:26,733 And enjoy. 59 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:30,003 So let's get right to it beyond the checkride. 60 00:03:30,333 --> 00:03:32,853 Logging flight time explained. 61 00:03:33,583 --> 00:03:33,913 All right. 62 00:03:33,913 --> 00:03:37,543 Welcome back everybody to another segment of beyond the check ride. 63 00:03:37,853 --> 00:03:40,153 I'm here again, as usual with Ken Shook. 64 00:03:40,153 --> 00:03:40,963 How you doing Kent? 65 00:03:42,073 --> 00:03:42,753 Excellent. 66 00:03:43,533 --> 00:03:43,873 Good. 67 00:03:43,963 --> 00:03:45,953 always a good day when I can talk about flying. 68 00:03:47,233 --> 00:03:48,823 Always is always is. 69 00:03:49,303 --> 00:03:53,643 So I know I introduced these segments, a few episodes ago, and we're 70 00:03:53,643 --> 00:03:55,283 going to continue to release those. 71 00:03:55,303 --> 00:03:59,953 As I said, as segments within the student pilot cast, but I wanted to make a comment 72 00:03:59,953 --> 00:04:05,503 on it today, just to kind of set the stage a little more for, you know, what 73 00:04:05,503 --> 00:04:10,463 these are all about, we certainly don't want to give the impression that these 74 00:04:10,503 --> 00:04:15,283 are, you know, sort of the gospel truth about how you do any of these things 75 00:04:15,313 --> 00:04:18,253 and they're certainly not comprehensive. 76 00:04:18,623 --> 00:04:23,673 In what we're covering, we're mostly wanting to bring these topics up because, 77 00:04:24,003 --> 00:04:29,213 uh, especially Kent and a little bit me, we've had some experience in aviation and, 78 00:04:29,573 --> 00:04:33,723 we've found some things that we've learned over time that certainly aren't in. 79 00:04:34,143 --> 00:04:40,043 The ACS or what used to be the PTS and they don't, they aren't required knowledge 80 00:04:40,043 --> 00:04:44,683 to get a certificate or a rating or, you know, things like that, but they 81 00:04:44,683 --> 00:04:46,683 are practically important knowledge. 82 00:04:46,983 --> 00:04:50,913 And these are things that we've learned since our check rides. 83 00:04:50,943 --> 00:04:54,383 And, we're kind of trying to bring up that question and 84 00:04:54,383 --> 00:04:56,963 disseminate the information so that. 85 00:04:57,708 --> 00:05:01,978 We can start a discussion in the overall community about these things. 86 00:05:01,998 --> 00:05:04,738 And so we always want to hear feedback. 87 00:05:04,748 --> 00:05:06,748 I know that we've harped on that quite a bit. 88 00:05:07,088 --> 00:05:09,798 We always want to get feedback from you. 89 00:05:09,808 --> 00:05:13,108 We want to hear stories about how you've learned things 90 00:05:13,108 --> 00:05:14,588 beyond your own check rides. 91 00:05:15,008 --> 00:05:18,428 And this is really to open up the conversation. 92 00:05:18,428 --> 00:05:21,158 We're going to talk about our experiences, our stories. 93 00:05:21,493 --> 00:05:25,773 the things that we've run into and so on, and we want everyone 94 00:05:25,773 --> 00:05:27,653 to add to that conversation. 95 00:05:27,913 --> 00:05:29,123 Anything to add to that, Kent? 96 00:05:29,153 --> 00:05:30,993 I just wanted to make sure we were setting the stage. 97 00:05:32,138 --> 00:05:33,178 Yeah, that sounds great. 98 00:05:33,178 --> 00:05:37,158 And, you know, I hope that eventually we'll have enough feedback that we can 99 00:05:37,168 --> 00:05:41,758 even have a, a segment within a segment where we go through feedback every time 100 00:05:41,758 --> 00:05:43,728 and, and talk about it a little more. 101 00:05:43,808 --> 00:05:48,548 Like I said, I like to talk about flying, so just a, another way to do 102 00:05:48,548 --> 00:05:53,278 it and to expand the size of our little circle around the fire at the hangar. 103 00:05:53,278 --> 00:05:53,578 Right. 104 00:05:54,133 --> 00:05:54,823 That's right. 105 00:05:55,053 --> 00:05:55,573 That's right. 106 00:05:55,623 --> 00:05:56,003 Cool. 107 00:05:56,323 --> 00:06:00,573 So with that being said, what topic have you got for us today? 108 00:06:01,628 --> 00:06:07,533 Well, this time, kind of the overarching thing will be the, uh, regulations. 109 00:06:08,083 --> 00:06:11,673 and within that we're going to look at one that I have seen so 110 00:06:11,673 --> 00:06:18,033 many online arguments and confusion about, and that is logging time. 111 00:06:19,433 --> 00:06:22,563 I'm, I'm sure you've seen an argument or two over that in your day. 112 00:06:23,763 --> 00:06:24,383 Oh, for sure. 113 00:06:27,393 --> 00:06:31,973 So, you know, over the years I've, I've actually gotten to the point where 114 00:06:32,558 --> 00:06:36,838 The regulations actually make sense to me, don't tell the FAA or they'll 115 00:06:36,848 --> 00:06:41,748 probably revoke my medical for being crazy or something like that, but, um, 116 00:06:42,693 --> 00:06:44,493 There's gotta be something wrong with you, right? 117 00:06:45,258 --> 00:06:50,658 yes, yes, and one of the people that I, I learned a lot from was a guy by the name 118 00:06:50,658 --> 00:06:56,518 of Ron Levy, who, uh, was a participant in many of those arguments ages ago, But 119 00:06:56,518 --> 00:06:59,898 he actually taught a class at a college. 120 00:06:59,918 --> 00:07:03,108 I can't remember where it was, but, he was out in Maryland. 121 00:07:03,118 --> 00:07:09,268 So somewhere out in that vicinity, he was, uh, a guy who taught a college class in 122 00:07:09,338 --> 00:07:14,398 aviation law, so knew what he was talking about, always backed up his statements. 123 00:07:14,398 --> 00:07:18,388 And then by following all the references that he provided, I 124 00:07:18,408 --> 00:07:20,238 learned a lot about it myself. 125 00:07:20,238 --> 00:07:25,998 So, I've learned from those online discussions that I've had quite a bit. 126 00:07:26,108 --> 00:07:30,098 really it's all about going and finding references for your position. 127 00:07:30,098 --> 00:07:33,948 And, so sometimes I will learn that I was right and sometimes 128 00:07:33,948 --> 00:07:35,028 I'll learn that I was wrong. 129 00:07:35,048 --> 00:07:36,258 And, um, 130 00:07:36,668 --> 00:07:37,958 It's all still learning, right? 131 00:07:38,888 --> 00:07:39,698 exactly. 132 00:07:40,318 --> 00:07:45,258 So what are some of the big, the big issues that, I mean, the obvious one is, 133 00:07:46,018 --> 00:07:51,418 you know, logging PIC when you're doing instrument practice, but we'll get it. 134 00:07:51,448 --> 00:07:53,138 We'll hold off on that one for a second. 135 00:07:53,208 --> 00:07:57,668 Hopefully, are there any other big logging issues that you run into? 136 00:07:58,608 --> 00:07:59,558 Well, there's a couple. 137 00:07:59,558 --> 00:08:05,658 There is the can more than one person log PIC at the same time, or even 138 00:08:05,658 --> 00:08:08,128 log the time at all at the same time. 139 00:08:08,778 --> 00:08:14,338 The other one is Okay, I'm going up with an instructor, and I'm 140 00:08:14,348 --> 00:08:16,438 getting my complex endorsement. 141 00:08:16,998 --> 00:08:17,938 How do I log that? 142 00:08:17,938 --> 00:08:20,868 So I 143 00:08:20,958 --> 00:08:21,588 Right? 144 00:08:21,648 --> 00:08:21,978 Right? 145 00:08:21,998 --> 00:08:28,028 Can you, can you log PIC when you don't have, a high performance 146 00:08:28,028 --> 00:08:29,828 endorsement, for example, or. 147 00:08:29,828 --> 00:08:30,278 Sure. 148 00:08:30,968 --> 00:08:33,118 Something along those lines in a high performance. 149 00:08:33,298 --> 00:08:33,588 Yeah. 150 00:08:33,798 --> 00:08:34,088 Okay. 151 00:08:34,088 --> 00:08:34,678 Good question. 152 00:08:35,258 --> 00:08:36,618 I think I know the answer to that 153 00:08:36,698 --> 00:08:37,158 actually, 154 00:08:37,413 --> 00:08:43,013 the, the first thing here is, don't try to make it make sense. 155 00:08:45,173 --> 00:08:50,423 If you try to make it make sense, right off the bat, you'll say, what on earth 156 00:08:50,433 --> 00:08:52,953 is going on, and it won't make any sense. 157 00:08:53,483 --> 00:08:54,083 So, 158 00:08:54,128 --> 00:08:55,928 federal regulations after 159 00:08:56,043 --> 00:09:01,523 yes, yes, if you sit back and wait until the end, hopefully by the time we're 160 00:09:01,613 --> 00:09:04,473 done tonight, then it will make sense. 161 00:09:04,903 --> 00:09:06,593 so the, I mean, the first. 162 00:09:07,033 --> 00:09:16,863 thing to understand is that to the FAA, logging PIC Being the PIC 163 00:09:16,863 --> 00:09:19,163 are completely separate things. 164 00:09:19,713 --> 00:09:25,293 when I say being the PIC, we'll also use the term acting as the PIC. 165 00:09:25,293 --> 00:09:29,573 That doesn't mean acting like you're not really a acting PIC as the 166 00:09:29,573 --> 00:09:34,713 person who is being or acting as the pilot in command of the aircraft. 167 00:09:35,103 --> 00:09:41,303 There is always one and only one pilot in command of an aircraft, period. 168 00:09:41,753 --> 00:09:42,513 End of story. 169 00:09:42,703 --> 00:09:49,573 However, there are times when you can have, I'll put an asterisk 170 00:09:49,633 --> 00:09:56,583 on the first one here, but zero up to three people logging PIC. 171 00:09:59,613 --> 00:10:01,643 So, Don't let me forget that. 172 00:10:01,643 --> 00:10:04,123 We'll, uh, we'll cover what those are here at the end, and 173 00:10:04,473 --> 00:10:05,813 it'll make a little more sense. 174 00:10:05,853 --> 00:10:11,483 so first thing, let's talk about how you can look this stuff up on your own. 175 00:10:11,543 --> 00:10:15,073 And in fact, I will see if I could share my screen here. 176 00:10:15,853 --> 00:10:16,103 All right. 177 00:10:16,103 --> 00:10:21,603 So here in my browser window, you'll see, we have gone to ecfr. 178 00:10:21,633 --> 00:10:22,223 gov. 179 00:10:22,833 --> 00:10:25,993 So electronic code of federal regulations. 180 00:10:26,693 --> 00:10:31,583 And what we're looking for here is title 14 aeronautics and space. 181 00:10:32,913 --> 00:10:34,593 So let's click on that. 182 00:10:35,983 --> 00:10:41,543 And this is an awful lot of stuff because this is everything dealing with the 183 00:10:41,543 --> 00:10:45,103 FAA and NASA and all kinds of things. 184 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:45,573 So. 185 00:10:46,513 --> 00:10:50,483 Pretty much everything that you're going to want in terms of aviation 186 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:54,123 regulations is going to be in this first chapter here, Chapter 1. 187 00:10:54,393 --> 00:10:55,653 So I'll expand that. 188 00:10:57,073 --> 00:11:01,723 And for logging stuff, One of the things that you should have learned right away 189 00:11:01,723 --> 00:11:09,443 as a student pilot is that anything that depends on who the pilot is, is 61. 190 00:11:09,443 --> 00:11:12,553 And then general operating rules are Part 91, so. 191 00:11:13,108 --> 00:11:16,328 Let's go to Subchapter D here, where Part 61 is. 192 00:11:16,848 --> 00:11:19,648 Now, there's a difference between whether you click on 193 00:11:19,928 --> 00:11:23,108 Part 61 or the title over here. 194 00:11:23,458 --> 00:11:26,338 So if you click on the left, you'll get the Table of Contents. 195 00:11:26,908 --> 00:11:30,228 If you click on the right, you'll get the entire part. 196 00:11:30,328 --> 00:11:33,568 And that is generally what I do, so let's go ahead and do that. 197 00:11:35,503 --> 00:11:36,473 So here we go. 198 00:11:37,133 --> 00:11:38,583 This is part 61. 199 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:41,413 Everything in part 61. 200 00:11:42,033 --> 00:11:47,253 Now, I happen to know that it's 6151 is what we're looking for. 201 00:11:48,733 --> 00:11:56,363 But, you can also just do a quick find for logging. 202 00:12:00,103 --> 00:12:02,803 So, you can see C, D, and E there. 203 00:12:02,803 --> 00:12:03,943 I'm going to scroll back up. 204 00:12:04,303 --> 00:12:06,833 So, there we go. 205 00:12:06,853 --> 00:12:09,463 6151, Pilot Logbooks. 206 00:12:12,873 --> 00:12:16,003 So which questions shall we address first here? 207 00:12:16,063 --> 00:12:19,533 well, let's do the scenario where let's say you just got your private 208 00:12:19,533 --> 00:12:23,253 pilot certificate and you want to add on something like a complex 209 00:12:23,253 --> 00:12:24,653 or high performance endorsement. 210 00:12:25,353 --> 00:12:25,673 Yep. 211 00:12:26,203 --> 00:12:26,793 That's a good one. 212 00:12:27,033 --> 00:12:27,753 Good, simple one. 213 00:12:29,433 --> 00:12:33,469 now this is all, we're talking PIC right now. 214 00:12:33,469 --> 00:12:37,443 So 6151E is where we talk about PIC. 215 00:12:37,443 --> 00:12:40,033 So logging pilot and command flight time. 216 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:44,759 A sport, recreational, private, commercial or airline transport pilot may log 217 00:12:44,759 --> 00:12:47,129 pilot in command time for flights. 218 00:12:49,109 --> 00:12:53,969 And this is the one that really matters here right off the bat, except 219 00:12:53,969 --> 00:12:58,799 when logging flight time under 61 1 59 C, when the pilot is the sole 220 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:02,249 manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated 221 00:13:02,249 --> 00:13:07,109 or has sport pilot privileges for that category and class of aircraft if the 222 00:13:07,109 --> 00:13:09,569 aircraft class rating is appropriate. 223 00:13:10,469 --> 00:13:11,009 So. 224 00:13:12,114 --> 00:13:13,234 That's a mouthful. 225 00:13:14,101 --> 00:13:15,421 let's pick that apart. 226 00:13:15,691 --> 00:13:20,871 So, except when logging flight time under 61159C. 227 00:13:21,931 --> 00:13:26,801 I happen to know that that is all about the, what's called a second in command 228 00:13:26,841 --> 00:13:28,791 professional development program. 229 00:13:28,791 --> 00:13:33,401 So, that's something that Part 135 operators can use, if 230 00:13:33,401 --> 00:13:36,301 they have the op spec for it. 231 00:13:36,521 --> 00:13:39,001 and it, changes things a little bit. 232 00:13:39,011 --> 00:13:46,261 So if you're part of one of those SIC PDPs, kind of skip everything we're 233 00:13:46,261 --> 00:13:50,501 going to tell you because the SIC PDP takes precedence over basically 234 00:13:50,561 --> 00:13:52,731 all of the other logging rules. 235 00:13:54,396 --> 00:13:59,276 Now, if you don't already know that, well, what do you need to do? 236 00:13:59,476 --> 00:14:03,036 You need to go and look at what 61159C says. 237 00:14:03,046 --> 00:14:05,786 So let's go ahead and click on that and do that. 238 00:14:05,796 --> 00:14:09,286 And you can see when you click on it, this website highlights the section. 239 00:14:10,306 --> 00:14:14,256 A commercial pilot may log second in command pilot time toward the aeronautical 240 00:14:14,256 --> 00:14:17,866 experience requirements of paragraph A of this section, blah, blah, blah. 241 00:14:18,826 --> 00:14:22,056 Employed by a part one 19 certificate holder. 242 00:14:22,806 --> 00:14:26,926 Authorized to conduct operations under part 135 of this chapter, 243 00:14:27,386 --> 00:14:28,896 et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. 244 00:14:28,896 --> 00:14:35,076 So none of that is applicable to the scenario that we're in here. 245 00:14:35,076 --> 00:14:37,196 So, you don't need to read. 246 00:14:37,711 --> 00:14:39,701 These little subsections at all. 247 00:14:40,021 --> 00:14:42,421 this just simply isn't applicable. 248 00:14:44,601 --> 00:14:51,791 so that whole exception that you read in a 6151E, it just doesn't 249 00:14:51,791 --> 00:14:54,381 pertain to our scenario anymore. 250 00:14:54,681 --> 00:14:56,571 They're not, uh, they're not in one of those. 251 00:14:57,571 --> 00:14:58,231 programs. 252 00:14:58,481 --> 00:14:59,341 exactly. 253 00:14:59,511 --> 00:15:02,381 So now I need to find it again. 254 00:15:02,551 --> 00:15:02,961 Okay. 255 00:15:02,971 --> 00:15:03,641 So here we are. 256 00:15:03,641 --> 00:15:05,011 6151 E. 257 00:15:05,021 --> 00:15:07,731 So this exception here. 258 00:15:08,681 --> 00:15:09,741 does not apply. 259 00:15:10,711 --> 00:15:14,081 Now let's pick apart the rest of this. 260 00:15:14,731 --> 00:15:19,911 There's this or, or has sport pilot privileges, blah, blah, blah. 261 00:15:20,111 --> 00:15:23,151 We're talking about somebody who just got their private pilot certificate. 262 00:15:23,151 --> 00:15:28,581 So that means this whole section is irrelevant as well. 263 00:15:29,341 --> 00:15:29,621 Yep. 264 00:15:29,741 --> 00:15:30,241 Skip on 265 00:15:30,366 --> 00:15:35,186 So what that means is that effectively our person who is just a private pilot, 266 00:15:35,976 --> 00:15:40,816 you know, they're, they're working on some flight training all under part 91. 267 00:15:41,436 --> 00:15:46,001 So, When the pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls of an 268 00:15:46,011 --> 00:15:49,691 aircraft for which the pilot is rated. 269 00:15:50,851 --> 00:15:53,551 Uh, Oh, what does that mean? 270 00:15:55,951 --> 00:16:00,281 Here's something that you'll find throughout the regulations. 271 00:16:00,831 --> 00:16:04,881 They don't leave a whole lot of ambiguity in the regulations. 272 00:16:05,511 --> 00:16:12,231 So let's Let's see if we can find out, what does rated mean? 273 00:16:13,071 --> 00:16:18,231 And where we find that is you can always kind of peel the onion on this stuff. 274 00:16:18,731 --> 00:16:22,391 So, definitions relative to part 61. 275 00:16:23,001 --> 00:16:27,581 only are always going to be up in 61. 276 00:16:27,601 --> 00:16:28,021 1. 277 00:16:28,031 --> 00:16:32,361 So if we scroll way back up to the top, it actually isn't completely 278 00:16:32,361 --> 00:16:36,451 at the top because there are a couple of special federal aviation 279 00:16:36,451 --> 00:16:38,071 regulations up here, but here we go. 280 00:16:39,541 --> 00:16:41,111 Applicability and definitions. 281 00:16:41,131 --> 00:16:44,081 That's what you'll find at in the 0. 282 00:16:44,091 --> 00:16:46,551 1 of pretty much every part. 283 00:16:47,581 --> 00:16:53,591 So what we want to look up here is look up rated or rating. 284 00:16:55,406 --> 00:16:56,536 It's not here, right? 285 00:16:58,776 --> 00:17:00,866 So next, let's peel the onion. 286 00:17:00,866 --> 00:17:03,156 Let's go out to Subchapter D, Airmen. 287 00:17:04,096 --> 00:17:09,786 Well, nothing really there, because the first part in Subchapter D is this 288 00:17:09,786 --> 00:17:12,766 flight simulation training device, etc. 289 00:17:12,766 --> 00:17:14,316 That's not really applicable. 290 00:17:15,026 --> 00:17:17,996 So, peel the onion again. 291 00:17:19,021 --> 00:17:22,991 And you know, I must have clicked on something there that I didn't 292 00:17:22,991 --> 00:17:26,111 really mean to because this is what I wanted to be able to see. 293 00:17:26,531 --> 00:17:30,051 We're going to back all the way out to Part 1. 294 00:17:30,211 --> 00:17:32,341 Definitions and Abbreviations. 295 00:17:32,981 --> 00:17:37,151 And this is applicable to all of the regulations. 296 00:17:37,891 --> 00:17:44,641 So now let's go down We're looking for rated or rating now. 297 00:17:45,226 --> 00:17:51,746 Let me, okay, public aircraft, you can see some of this is OEI power. 298 00:17:51,746 --> 00:17:54,666 Yeah, a lot of, a lot of this stuff is just stuff that is. 299 00:17:55,036 --> 00:18:03,156 Probably in the certification regulations, but right here rating means a statement 300 00:18:03,156 --> 00:18:08,156 that is part of a certificate sets forth special conditions privileges or 301 00:18:08,156 --> 00:18:15,756 limitations so Rating in the context of are you rated for an aircraft? 302 00:18:16,406 --> 00:18:21,006 means something that is part of a certificate your pilot certificate When 303 00:18:21,006 --> 00:18:24,666 you get your complex endorsement, is it printed on your pilot certificate? 304 00:18:26,486 --> 00:18:30,606 Nope, and it's it's kind of you know, they give it away in the naming 305 00:18:30,886 --> 00:18:33,936 of You know complex endorsement. 306 00:18:34,181 --> 00:18:34,681 Yeah. 307 00:18:35,106 --> 00:18:36,126 It's an endorsement. 308 00:18:36,126 --> 00:18:37,006 It's not a rating 309 00:18:37,401 --> 00:18:37,721 yep. 310 00:18:37,736 --> 00:18:43,001 So the things that get printed on your pilot certificate like Airplane 311 00:18:43,001 --> 00:18:49,261 Single Engine Land or Instrument Airplane, those are ratings and 312 00:18:49,451 --> 00:18:51,391 the endorsements are not ratings. 313 00:18:52,181 --> 00:18:57,701 So, now that we've figured out what the rating part means, let's 314 00:18:57,711 --> 00:19:00,141 jump back here into Part 61. 315 00:19:01,681 --> 00:19:03,581 Gonna have to scroll down again. 316 00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:12,461 Okay, so the way we read this now is, we can pretty much start right here. 317 00:19:12,471 --> 00:19:14,671 Logging in pilot in command flight time. 318 00:19:15,891 --> 00:19:19,171 A, we're going to skip over the stuff that's irrelevant. 319 00:19:19,411 --> 00:19:27,571 Private pilot may log pilot in command flight time for flights when the pilot is 320 00:19:27,571 --> 00:19:31,861 the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which the pilot is rated. 321 00:19:34,361 --> 00:19:38,821 Now, is any of this other stuff even relevant at this point? 322 00:19:40,211 --> 00:19:41,281 Here's how we check that. 323 00:19:41,281 --> 00:19:46,401 So, you can see we've got these little i's, uh, you know, basically 324 00:19:46,401 --> 00:19:47,941 small roman numerals here, 325 00:19:50,701 --> 00:19:54,761 and at the end of every one we've got a semicolon, except for, 326 00:19:54,871 --> 00:19:59,836 before this last one, number four, Look at this word right here. 327 00:19:59,836 --> 00:20:00,726 It's an OR. 328 00:20:02,256 --> 00:20:05,636 As long as that is an OR, that means you only have to satisfy 329 00:20:05,636 --> 00:20:07,806 one of those sub conditions. 330 00:20:08,536 --> 00:20:09,346 So that's it. 331 00:20:10,076 --> 00:20:11,266 We've told the story now. 332 00:20:11,266 --> 00:20:13,306 We are able to log that flight time. 333 00:20:15,666 --> 00:20:18,046 So hopefully that, uh, that makes sense. 334 00:20:19,281 --> 00:20:20,241 Yeah, for sure. 335 00:20:20,636 --> 00:20:24,496 I will tell you there's another thing that you can look up and 336 00:20:24,496 --> 00:20:28,926 this is my don't argue with me I've been arguing about this subject 337 00:20:28,926 --> 00:20:30,966 for way longer than a lot of people 338 00:20:33,486 --> 00:20:37,776 But this is this is also something that is a really good reference So 339 00:20:39,006 --> 00:20:42,286 it's not at an easy URL like ecfr. 340 00:20:42,306 --> 00:20:42,576 gov. 341 00:20:42,586 --> 00:20:55,971 So I always just Google search for search FAA chief counsel not counsel like a 342 00:20:55,971 --> 00:21:04,791 group of leaders but counsel as in lawyers C O U N S E L Interpretations, and you 343 00:21:04,791 --> 00:21:10,721 can see it was actually, it was coming up before I even finished there, but, 344 00:21:13,451 --> 00:21:13,831 okay. 345 00:21:14,581 --> 00:21:16,651 So, interpretation search. 346 00:21:16,841 --> 00:21:22,991 Now what we can do is we can put in a keyword, and you can type in something 347 00:21:22,991 --> 00:21:29,891 like PIC or log or, you know, the problem is you'll get a lot of results on those. 348 00:21:29,901 --> 00:21:33,861 So one thing that's easy to search for is just search for the 349 00:21:33,861 --> 00:21:36,371 regulation that you're looking for. 350 00:21:37,231 --> 00:21:39,451 So let's do 6151E 351 00:21:43,511 --> 00:21:45,351 and that got it down to two pages. 352 00:21:45,351 --> 00:21:48,611 So, uh, oh no, two results. 353 00:21:49,361 --> 00:21:53,001 Now this one, the Herman interpretation, was actually requested by a 354 00:21:53,001 --> 00:21:54,231 friend of mine, Jason Herman. 355 00:21:55,446 --> 00:21:58,856 In fact, he was on an episode of the pilot cast quite a while ago. 356 00:21:59,406 --> 00:21:59,516 I 357 00:21:59,716 --> 00:22:03,216 So, Hey, Jason, if you're listening out there, hope you're doing well. 358 00:22:03,766 --> 00:22:07,176 what you'll see is you'll see these letters that are written from the 359 00:22:07,176 --> 00:22:12,286 FAA to the people who request these interpretations and anybody can do that. 360 00:22:14,471 --> 00:22:18,091 So, it says he requested clarification concerning the logging of pilot in 361 00:22:18,091 --> 00:22:23,951 command flight time under 14 CFR 6151E for flights conducted in complex 362 00:22:23,951 --> 00:22:25,601 and or high performance airplanes. 363 00:22:26,121 --> 00:22:28,421 Sounds like the question that we were just looking at, right? 364 00:22:28,966 --> 00:22:32,416 Your letter presents a scenario in which a pilot who holds a private pilot 365 00:22:32,416 --> 00:22:35,796 certificate with an aircraft single engine land rating but does not have 366 00:22:35,796 --> 00:22:39,256 endorsements for high performance or complex airplanes required by 367 00:22:39,276 --> 00:22:42,796 14 CFR 6131ENF to act as a PIC. 368 00:22:44,101 --> 00:22:48,371 Note the word act again that we talked about earlier is flying in a high 369 00:22:48,371 --> 00:22:50,011 performance and complex airplane. 370 00:22:50,061 --> 00:22:54,301 Another pilot who has those endorsements is acting as the PIC for the flight. 371 00:22:54,741 --> 00:22:58,081 Your letter asks whether the pilot lacking the endorsements may log PIC 372 00:22:58,521 --> 00:23:01,871 time for the time that the pilot is the sole manipulator of the controls. 373 00:23:02,861 --> 00:23:04,251 Does that wording sound familiar? 374 00:23:04,631 --> 00:23:05,801 Yes, it does. 375 00:23:06,996 --> 00:23:09,956 Your letter also asks a similar question in the context of a pilot 376 00:23:10,336 --> 00:23:13,886 lacking these endorsements logging PIC time during a training flight. 377 00:23:14,906 --> 00:23:18,736 The response that follows applies to either scenario because the regulations 378 00:23:18,736 --> 00:23:22,496 that govern the logging of PIC time whenever a pilot is the sole manipulator 379 00:23:22,496 --> 00:23:23,746 of the controls of an aircraft. 380 00:23:23,756 --> 00:23:29,156 So, whether you are getting instruction or just flying around with a friend. 381 00:23:29,361 --> 00:23:29,981 Doesn't matter. 382 00:23:31,231 --> 00:23:31,571 Yep. 383 00:23:34,431 --> 00:23:39,601 So section 50, 6151E governs the logging of PIC time and states and relevant park 384 00:23:39,601 --> 00:23:41,631 that a sport recreational blah blah blah. 385 00:23:41,631 --> 00:23:44,751 I'm not going to reread the whole, the whole thing there, but it does 386 00:23:44,751 --> 00:23:49,891 say right here, the term rated as used in section 6151E refers to the pilot 387 00:23:49,901 --> 00:23:52,251 holding the appropriate aircraft ratings. 388 00:23:52,711 --> 00:23:56,961 Category, class, and type, if a type rating is required, and these 389 00:23:56,961 --> 00:24:00,871 ratings are listed in 615 and placed on the pilot certificate. 390 00:24:01,291 --> 00:24:07,211 And then it references another interpretation, 6131 ENF established 391 00:24:07,211 --> 00:24:11,391 additional training and endorsement requirements before acting. 392 00:24:12,571 --> 00:24:15,821 As PIC of a complex or high performance airplane, respectively. 393 00:24:16,481 --> 00:24:21,271 Although these endorsements are required before a pilot may act as PIC, they are 394 00:24:21,271 --> 00:24:27,671 not required to log PIC time if the pilot is rated for and is the sole manipulator 395 00:24:27,671 --> 00:24:28,881 of the controls of the aircraft. 396 00:24:29,311 --> 00:24:32,531 So you're hearing a lot of those same words again. 397 00:24:32,611 --> 00:24:38,051 You know, they're, they're being very clear about, you know, rated and sole 398 00:24:38,051 --> 00:24:40,351 manipulator and all that kind of stuff. 399 00:24:42,626 --> 00:24:47,706 But here's where the whole don't ask it to make sense thing comes in and the 400 00:24:47,706 --> 00:24:49,916 difference between logging and acting. 401 00:24:51,116 --> 00:24:55,586 There is a distinction between logging PIC time and acting as a PIC. 402 00:24:56,446 --> 00:24:58,876 For a pilot to log PIC time, i. 403 00:24:58,926 --> 00:24:59,196 e. 404 00:24:59,206 --> 00:25:02,346 sole manipulator of the controls, a pilot must be properly rated in the 405 00:25:02,346 --> 00:25:06,366 aircraft by having the appropriate category, class, and type ratings. 406 00:25:07,016 --> 00:25:08,869 For a pilot to Act as a PIC, i. 407 00:25:08,869 --> 00:25:09,302 e. 408 00:25:09,302 --> 00:25:13,016 the pilot who has final authority and responsibility for the operation and 409 00:25:13,016 --> 00:25:19,216 safety of flight, and you'll hear those words in, uh, 61 3 and, a bunch of 410 00:25:19,216 --> 00:25:21,816 other places in the regulations as well. 411 00:25:22,876 --> 00:25:26,846 Pilot must be properly rated in the aircraft and be properly rated and 412 00:25:26,896 --> 00:25:28,376 authorized to conduct the flight. 413 00:25:28,586 --> 00:25:29,076 So, 414 00:25:31,126 --> 00:25:34,306 in your example, being properly rated and authorized would 415 00:25:34,306 --> 00:25:37,096 include having the endorsements for complex and high performance 416 00:25:37,096 --> 00:25:40,506 airplanes as required by 6131 ENF. 417 00:25:41,176 --> 00:25:45,596 Accordingly, in your examples, the pilot may log PIC time if that pilot 418 00:25:45,626 --> 00:25:49,836 is properly rated for the aircraft even though that pilot does not have the 419 00:25:49,886 --> 00:25:52,386 required endorsements to act as a PIC. 420 00:25:53,336 --> 00:25:58,536 So, basically, that's the letter from the FAA that says all that stuff 421 00:25:58,536 --> 00:26:00,006 that I just said before is true. 422 00:26:00,786 --> 00:26:01,056 Yep. 423 00:26:01,256 --> 00:26:02,806 Yep, exactly. 424 00:26:03,476 --> 00:26:03,576 I 425 00:26:03,596 --> 00:26:07,756 So, when you do have a question about stuff like that, it's, it's really a 426 00:26:07,756 --> 00:26:13,596 good idea to go and search those FAA interpretations because, uh, There are 427 00:26:13,596 --> 00:26:19,726 certain times where something isn't necessarily clear to a layman, and it's 428 00:26:19,726 --> 00:26:25,186 always good to see what the lawyers at the FAA have determined is, you know, 429 00:26:25,186 --> 00:26:26,946 the real meaning of the regulation. 430 00:26:27,596 --> 00:26:28,006 Yep. 431 00:26:28,466 --> 00:26:28,726 Yep. 432 00:26:29,946 --> 00:26:32,966 I actually have a quick story where this is very relevant. 433 00:26:33,286 --> 00:26:41,066 A few weeks ago, a friend of ours, took us on a flight in his great little arrow 434 00:26:41,066 --> 00:26:42,726 that he owns with a few other people. 435 00:26:43,136 --> 00:26:47,856 we went up for breakfast one Saturday morning for, up to the high country and 436 00:26:47,856 --> 00:26:54,956 Payson and Merrick, My middle son, who is a private pilot working on some of his 437 00:26:54,956 --> 00:27:03,426 other ratings, he does not have a complex endorsement and an arrow is a complex 438 00:27:03,426 --> 00:27:06,416 airplane, but he flew for, you know, 0. 439 00:27:06,446 --> 00:27:07,996 5 or 0. 440 00:27:07,996 --> 00:27:11,866 6, because our friend, allowed him to, you know, fly the airplane and get 441 00:27:11,866 --> 00:27:13,616 a feel for it on our way back down. 442 00:27:14,316 --> 00:27:17,446 And, when we got back, I said, you know, you can. 443 00:27:17,841 --> 00:27:18,971 You can log that 0. 444 00:27:18,971 --> 00:27:19,211 5 or 0. 445 00:27:19,211 --> 00:27:21,291 6, however long you were. 446 00:27:21,721 --> 00:27:25,721 So a manipulator of the controls and, he goes, yeah, but I don't have it. 447 00:27:25,721 --> 00:27:32,411 And I explained this to him, so that, you know, he, he was able to log that time 448 00:27:32,411 --> 00:27:34,131 because he is time building right now. 449 00:27:34,131 --> 00:27:37,221 He is trying to gain experience and get time. 450 00:27:37,231 --> 00:27:37,491 So. 451 00:27:37,601 --> 00:27:42,951 The interesting thing about that is technically that is a, so 452 00:27:43,031 --> 00:27:45,581 I've got a follow up question for you based on that scenario. 453 00:27:45,581 --> 00:27:47,531 I told you I was going to throw some curveballs at you. 454 00:27:48,741 --> 00:27:55,561 So, even though that that airport was more than 50 miles away, can he now log 455 00:27:55,561 --> 00:28:00,631 that as cross country time, even though he did not do the takeoff and landing? 456 00:28:03,981 --> 00:28:06,421 So you're wondering what he can log, 457 00:28:06,611 --> 00:28:07,451 He can log PIC, 458 00:28:09,421 --> 00:28:12,131 but can he log it as PIC cross country? 459 00:28:12,706 --> 00:28:14,766 And that took a little digging for us to figure out. 460 00:28:14,806 --> 00:28:15,176 Yep. 461 00:28:15,981 --> 00:28:23,866 So Now, I believe, let me go back to the interpretation search here, and 462 00:28:23,876 --> 00:28:27,386 I don't know why, but I know all the people who ask these dumb questions. 463 00:28:32,006 --> 00:28:33,656 They aren't actually dumb questions. 464 00:28:33,656 --> 00:28:36,466 I'll, I'll say that, but, okay, Van Zanen. 465 00:28:36,466 --> 00:28:42,636 Alright, so, you know, one thing I'm going to do first is go back to 466 00:28:44,766 --> 00:28:47,156 our definitions here at the top of part 61. 467 00:28:48,941 --> 00:28:53,431 because that should give us a clue what this interpretation is going to say. 468 00:28:54,901 --> 00:28:57,811 So what is the definition of cross country? 469 00:28:58,331 --> 00:28:59,311 Let me ask you that, Bill. 470 00:28:59,311 --> 00:29:01,091 What's the definition of cross country? 471 00:29:02,281 --> 00:29:07,661 Well, it, it, it depends on why you're logging it. 472 00:29:08,571 --> 00:29:12,831 So that's the important thing is if you're logging it for experience 473 00:29:12,831 --> 00:29:18,381 requirements to obtain other ratings, then there are definitions, based on 474 00:29:18,381 --> 00:29:24,241 that, if you're logging it, because you want a record of your flying, then 475 00:29:24,321 --> 00:29:26,651 that's a different standard, right? 476 00:29:26,661 --> 00:29:31,021 And that really means going from one place to another. 477 00:29:31,596 --> 00:29:33,556 Anywhere that would be a cross country. 478 00:29:33,866 --> 00:29:40,346 But if you want to use it for, for example, experience requirements for 479 00:29:40,356 --> 00:29:44,456 getting an instrument rating or for getting a commercial certificate, then 480 00:29:44,456 --> 00:29:46,256 it has to meet certain requirements. 481 00:29:46,576 --> 00:29:49,466 And the standard requirements for cross country for most of those 482 00:29:49,466 --> 00:29:51,176 certificates, has a definition. 483 00:29:52,511 --> 00:29:52,991 yes. 484 00:29:53,491 --> 00:29:56,971 Now, let me show you what the basic definition is here. 485 00:29:58,801 --> 00:30:04,291 Cross country time means, except as provided in paragraphs two through 486 00:30:04,291 --> 00:30:06,381 five, or two through six, rather, 487 00:30:08,866 --> 00:30:13,566 Time acquired during flight conducted by a person who holds a pilot certificate 488 00:30:13,756 --> 00:30:17,836 in an aircraft that includes landing at a point other than the point of departure 489 00:30:18,696 --> 00:30:22,436 and that involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, electronic navigation 490 00:30:22,436 --> 00:30:25,986 aids, radio aids, or other navigation systems to navigate to the landing point. 491 00:30:27,956 --> 00:30:28,536 So. 492 00:30:29,096 --> 00:30:34,516 No mileage requirements, no, you know, specific requirements, but there is 493 00:30:34,641 --> 00:30:35,551 we'll pause there. 494 00:30:35,551 --> 00:30:41,401 So the, the two through six, if we look at those two is for the purpose 495 00:30:41,401 --> 00:30:44,781 of meeting aeronautical experience requirements, except for rotorcraft 496 00:30:44,791 --> 00:30:46,461 for a private pilot certificate. 497 00:30:47,311 --> 00:30:50,381 And then you'll see, here's the 50 nautical mile requirement 498 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:51,681 that people are talking about. 499 00:30:52,291 --> 00:30:53,491 for a sport pilot. 500 00:30:53,816 --> 00:30:57,856 I did want it to go back to, what you read as the basic definition. 501 00:30:58,626 --> 00:31:01,546 it it does say landing, 502 00:31:02,701 --> 00:31:03,371 Yes. 503 00:31:03,516 --> 00:31:05,136 Landing at the airport. 504 00:31:05,476 --> 00:31:06,306 And so as soon 505 00:31:06,471 --> 00:31:07,211 is the key. 506 00:31:07,436 --> 00:31:13,556 yep, as soon as we got to that point, then it was clear that my son could 507 00:31:13,566 --> 00:31:16,916 not log that as PIC cross country time. 508 00:31:17,516 --> 00:31:21,516 Because it wasn't even, he didn't even perform a cross country flight 509 00:31:21,766 --> 00:31:23,396 because he was missing a key element. 510 00:31:23,396 --> 00:31:25,966 And that's the landing at a place that was different than the part of 511 00:31:25,966 --> 00:31:28,266 departure than the point of departure. 512 00:31:28,266 --> 00:31:29,056 I should, I should 513 00:31:29,056 --> 00:31:29,286 say, 514 00:31:29,381 --> 00:31:30,471 Exactly. 515 00:31:31,786 --> 00:31:33,556 but then those other criteria come into play. 516 00:31:33,556 --> 00:31:36,306 But in this case, they're irrelevant because he's already 517 00:31:36,306 --> 00:31:38,976 been disqualified from being able to 518 00:31:39,166 --> 00:31:39,756 Right. 519 00:31:40,516 --> 00:31:45,046 And yeah, these are basically for all the different types of pilot certificate. 520 00:31:45,046 --> 00:31:48,216 Now, I have a suggestion. 521 00:31:48,216 --> 00:31:50,516 This has no legal basis whatsoever. 522 00:31:50,526 --> 00:31:52,906 It's just, making it easier for people. 523 00:31:52,916 --> 00:32:00,036 So, If you want to, you can certainly mark down any flight where the takeoff and 524 00:32:00,036 --> 00:32:04,536 landing are at different places as cross country right from the very beginning. 525 00:32:05,056 --> 00:32:12,531 However, when you're working on your Private pilot certificate, your instrument 526 00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:17,431 rating, and your commercial, those all have the 50 nautical mile requirement. 527 00:32:18,211 --> 00:32:21,891 And you're going to have to total up the greater than 50 nautical 528 00:32:21,891 --> 00:32:26,581 mile cross country for filling out your, forms that you fill out to 529 00:32:26,581 --> 00:32:28,601 apply for the new pilot certificate 530 00:32:29,076 --> 00:32:29,276 Oh 531 00:32:29,341 --> 00:32:30,151 for the checkride. 532 00:32:31,171 --> 00:32:35,116 Used to be form 8710 when it was on paper, but Yeah, whatever 533 00:32:35,116 --> 00:32:36,666 the electronic equivalent is. 534 00:32:36,706 --> 00:32:37,366 IACRA, I 535 00:32:37,366 --> 00:32:37,776 think. 536 00:32:37,856 --> 00:32:38,376 IACRA 537 00:32:38,596 --> 00:32:45,026 Um, so, yeah, to make it easy to fill out your IACRA, don't bother 538 00:32:45,026 --> 00:32:46,816 logging the shorter stuff early 539 00:32:46,816 --> 00:32:47,146 on. 540 00:32:47,216 --> 00:32:49,616 It's just gonna make your calculations more difficult. 541 00:32:50,696 --> 00:32:51,076 yeah. 542 00:32:52,546 --> 00:32:58,116 So, I think generally after the commercial, as long as you have 543 00:32:58,226 --> 00:33:00,486 that landing elsewhere, you're good. 544 00:33:01,036 --> 00:33:04,386 so if we scroll down here just a little ways, 545 00:33:06,646 --> 00:33:07,666 number six here. 546 00:33:08,266 --> 00:33:14,766 For the ATP certificate, it's straight line distance, more than 50 nautical miles 547 00:33:14,766 --> 00:33:16,406 from the original point of departure. 548 00:33:16,426 --> 00:33:18,806 And that involves the use of dead reckoning, pilotage, 549 00:33:18,806 --> 00:33:20,046 electronic, blah, blah, blah. 550 00:33:20,546 --> 00:33:25,386 So the ATPs don't even have to land somewhere else. 551 00:33:26,166 --> 00:33:26,626 Right. 552 00:33:27,276 --> 00:33:29,536 that said that has to be more than 50. 553 00:33:29,546 --> 00:33:39,036 So I guess until you have the ATP, it's worth logging only that greater than 50. 554 00:33:39,586 --> 00:33:41,136 Now, after that. 555 00:33:42,126 --> 00:33:43,536 Nothing really matters anymore. 556 00:33:43,826 --> 00:33:44,696 Yeah, log whatever you 557 00:33:44,846 --> 00:33:47,426 you can, you can log it all at that point. 558 00:33:48,526 --> 00:33:48,776 Yeah. 559 00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:50,416 Excellent. 560 00:33:51,266 --> 00:33:55,056 Well, uh, we didn't even pre plan that, but that, little personal story 561 00:33:55,056 --> 00:33:58,926 kinda helped illustrate how you can get into a rat hole, and then you're 562 00:33:58,926 --> 00:34:04,636 demonstrating perfectly how you can unravel all of these things, peel the 563 00:34:04,636 --> 00:34:06,826 onion, and get down to the bottom of it. 564 00:34:07,266 --> 00:34:08,606 So, that's good stuff. 565 00:34:09,606 --> 00:34:12,996 So this particular letter of interpretation, I'm not going to read 566 00:34:12,996 --> 00:34:19,496 the whole thing out, but basically what it says is that If you have three 567 00:34:19,496 --> 00:34:27,206 airports, A, B, and C, and none of them are more than 50 nautical miles from 568 00:34:27,206 --> 00:34:33,306 your home base, which is airport A, but airports B and C have more than 50 569 00:34:33,306 --> 00:34:40,301 nautical miles between them, and you fly A to B to C back to A, Because B 570 00:34:40,301 --> 00:34:46,871 and C have 50 nautical miles between them, if you log your flight from A to 571 00:34:46,881 --> 00:34:55,171 B, separately from your flight from B to C to A, you can log the B to C to A 572 00:34:55,181 --> 00:35:01,111 flight as cross country, and then not log the A to B flight as cross country, they 573 00:35:01,111 --> 00:35:03,181 just call that a repositioning flight. 574 00:35:04,041 --> 00:35:09,211 And so, it kind of seems to go a little bit against the spirit of the regulations, 575 00:35:09,596 --> 00:35:12,556 But, that's one of those questions where, 576 00:35:12,926 --> 00:35:17,716 uh, a lot of people ask, like, does each leg have to be more than 50 nautical 577 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:21,766 miles, and that sort of thing, and it doesn't, like, you know, if you're working 578 00:35:21,766 --> 00:35:25,846 on your private pilot certificate, and you want to, hop to 10 different airports, 579 00:35:25,846 --> 00:35:31,446 none of which is more than, 10 miles away from the last one, as long as one of those 580 00:35:31,446 --> 00:35:35,486 airports is greater than 50 nautical miles from your point of origin, you're good. 581 00:35:37,116 --> 00:35:37,706 Alright, 582 00:35:38,036 --> 00:35:38,406 I've got it. 583 00:35:38,456 --> 00:35:41,226 I've got a couple, I know we've got some more scenarios, but if we could 584 00:35:41,226 --> 00:35:44,636 step away from the regs a little bit, give everybody's brain a little bit 585 00:35:44,636 --> 00:35:50,336 of a break, I've got a convention or maybe a suggestion, question for you. 586 00:35:50,676 --> 00:35:53,996 And this is a real scenario that's been coming up for me lately. 587 00:35:54,376 --> 00:35:57,736 As most folks know, I'm, I've been working on my CFI. 588 00:35:57,736 --> 00:35:58,506 I'm having a hard time. 589 00:35:58,546 --> 00:36:01,246 I'm ready for my check ride, but I'm having a hard time getting 590 00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:02,556 that check ride scheduled. 591 00:36:02,986 --> 00:36:04,996 So it's kind of dragging on for a while. 592 00:36:05,006 --> 00:36:07,226 This is not an uncommon problem these days. 593 00:36:08,086 --> 00:36:11,996 So, I'm doing all kinds of flying and a lot of the flying I'm doing, of 594 00:36:11,996 --> 00:36:15,136 course, I'm doing it from the right seat to continue to get more comfortable. 595 00:36:15,646 --> 00:36:19,396 And I'm taking my kids and anybody who's willing to be a Guinea pig and 596 00:36:19,396 --> 00:36:21,176 I'm teaching them things about flying. 597 00:36:22,606 --> 00:36:27,166 and so I've had the opportunity recently, for example, to take my son, who was 598 00:36:27,176 --> 00:36:31,226 already a private pilot and introduce him to some of the commercial maneuvers, 599 00:36:31,546 --> 00:36:35,806 acting as if I'm in his instructor, of course, in this case, I haven't done 600 00:36:35,806 --> 00:36:42,076 my checkride, so I'm not a CFI yet, so we can't log it as dual, but I can 601 00:36:42,076 --> 00:36:45,776 certainly teach him, demonstrate the maneuver, let him try the maneuver, you 602 00:36:45,776 --> 00:36:50,226 know, those sorts of things, and give him feedback and act like I'm an instructor. 603 00:36:50,746 --> 00:36:51,946 And so that's what I've been doing. 604 00:36:52,536 --> 00:36:57,926 Now in that case, because he's not logging dual and I'm not logging 605 00:36:57,926 --> 00:37:00,366 dual given, I, I am acting as PIC. 606 00:37:01,666 --> 00:37:06,141 But unless I'm demonstrating or doing the landing or something like that. 607 00:37:06,821 --> 00:37:12,071 I'm not able to log PIC time because he's logging PIC time as the 608 00:37:12,071 --> 00:37:13,591 sole manipulator of the controls. 609 00:37:13,601 --> 00:37:15,141 He's rated for the aircraft. 610 00:37:15,421 --> 00:37:17,781 So he, he can log that PIC time. 611 00:37:18,061 --> 00:37:19,591 Therefore I can't. 612 00:37:19,991 --> 00:37:21,871 so that's been an interesting thing. 613 00:37:21,871 --> 00:37:25,201 So I've got a question for you on how you might fill out 614 00:37:25,201 --> 00:37:27,411 a log book in this situation. 615 00:37:27,701 --> 00:37:32,711 So most log books have A column that says, I've got my log book 616 00:37:32,711 --> 00:37:36,181 open, so I'm going to be glancing at it says total duration of flight. 617 00:37:37,561 --> 00:37:40,441 And this goes to the scenario I was talking about earlier when we went 618 00:37:40,441 --> 00:37:45,061 with a friend, flew to breakfast and Merrick flew for part of it, I flew 619 00:37:45,061 --> 00:37:46,661 for part of it on the other direction. 620 00:37:47,211 --> 00:37:51,031 so what would you put, in the total duration of flight there? 621 00:37:51,341 --> 00:37:54,551 Would you put the amount of time you're logging PIC where you were 622 00:37:54,551 --> 00:37:56,161 the sole manipulator, the controls. 623 00:37:56,536 --> 00:37:59,696 Or would you put the total duration of the whole flight? 624 00:38:01,671 --> 00:38:05,371 what I would put in there is 625 00:38:07,441 --> 00:38:11,061 the total loggable duration of the flight. 626 00:38:12,591 --> 00:38:16,701 Um, and I actually have something in our notes here about 627 00:38:16,711 --> 00:38:18,791 things you can't log as well. 628 00:38:18,921 --> 00:38:21,311 loggable loggable for you. 629 00:38:21,771 --> 00:38:22,691 Is that what you're saying? 630 00:38:22,961 --> 00:38:23,771 correct. 631 00:38:24,191 --> 00:38:24,621 So, 632 00:38:25,111 --> 00:38:25,851 it would Matt. 633 00:38:25,861 --> 00:38:27,341 In other words, you would fill it 634 00:38:27,341 --> 00:38:27,671 out. 635 00:38:28,501 --> 00:38:29,391 You would fill it out. 636 00:38:29,391 --> 00:38:33,121 So it matches your PIC time in this scenario that I'm giving. 637 00:38:33,621 --> 00:38:34,221 Yes. 638 00:38:35,131 --> 00:38:39,711 So, there are really two kinds of total time. 639 00:38:39,711 --> 00:38:43,511 There's total flight time and there's total pilot time. 640 00:38:44,371 --> 00:38:47,881 The only difference between them is simulator time. 641 00:38:49,151 --> 00:38:53,581 So, essentially, total flight time, which is in an aircraft, off the 642 00:38:53,581 --> 00:38:58,561 ground, plus your simulator time would be your total pilot time. 643 00:38:59,251 --> 00:39:03,461 so, you know, you can choose for your own convention, you know, I have a, 644 00:39:04,271 --> 00:39:07,021 ground trainer, column in my log book. 645 00:39:07,131 --> 00:39:09,861 Um, some would call that simulator. 646 00:39:10,521 --> 00:39:13,801 but you know, you can choose whether total duration of flight 647 00:39:13,811 --> 00:39:16,301 is pilot time or flight time. 648 00:39:17,521 --> 00:39:23,131 Just because the word is flight, I have chosen to log flight time in that column. 649 00:39:23,741 --> 00:39:29,291 And so if someone asks for total pilot time, including simulator, in 650 00:39:29,291 --> 00:39:34,021 fact, I've got a, an entry right here where you can, um, Maybe see that. 651 00:39:35,901 --> 00:39:38,921 You can see on that second line there, I have nothing in total 652 00:39:38,931 --> 00:39:43,911 flight time because I logged it over here on the simulator column. 653 00:39:47,391 --> 00:39:48,541 So, that's that. 654 00:39:48,561 --> 00:39:55,111 Now, you probably are only putting in like a tenth or two of loggable 655 00:39:55,131 --> 00:39:57,331 time demonstrating maneuvers, right? 656 00:39:58,371 --> 00:39:59,911 Yeah, we did like a 1. 657 00:39:59,911 --> 00:40:05,021 2 and because I'm also practicing demonstrating, I got 0. 658 00:40:05,081 --> 00:40:05,521 3. 659 00:40:06,321 --> 00:40:06,741 Okay. 660 00:40:06,901 --> 00:40:12,441 So I calculated how much time I was sole manipulator of the controls and logged 0. 661 00:40:12,521 --> 00:40:16,791 3 on this particular flight of PIC and he logged the rest of it as PIC. 662 00:40:17,321 --> 00:40:19,871 I also did the, the takeoff and landing. 663 00:40:20,251 --> 00:40:23,531 So, that was additional, part of my 0. 664 00:40:23,531 --> 00:40:24,721 3. 665 00:40:26,181 --> 00:40:30,101 Yeah, so, I know that there are some people who will say things 666 00:40:30,101 --> 00:40:32,106 like, Well, it's your logbook. 667 00:40:32,116 --> 00:40:33,426 You can log whatever you want. 668 00:40:33,996 --> 00:40:35,556 And while that is true, 669 00:40:36,236 --> 00:40:41,576 um, to some extent, it also, you don't want to make it look like you're lying, 670 00:40:41,676 --> 00:40:46,996 you know, whether you end up applying for a job someday or you're having 671 00:40:46,996 --> 00:40:52,376 a chat with the FAA, maybe after a ramp check, maybe after an accident, 672 00:40:52,396 --> 00:40:57,436 hopefully not, but you know, if you have all this stuff in your logbook, 673 00:40:58,366 --> 00:41:04,306 And you have been logging time given the columns that are in most logbooks. 674 00:41:05,086 --> 00:41:07,516 Eh, that's going to be a pretty uncomfortable conversation. 675 00:41:07,696 --> 00:41:12,676 Well, why did you log this time in the 747 when clearly you're not rated for it? 676 00:41:14,186 --> 00:41:14,396 Yeah. 677 00:41:14,936 --> 00:41:17,936 Well, I like to log passenger time too. 678 00:41:17,946 --> 00:41:21,226 Well, yeah, don't put that in total time though. 679 00:41:21,836 --> 00:41:22,376 So, 680 00:41:22,536 --> 00:41:25,456 Well, there's another column to, same question. 681 00:41:25,456 --> 00:41:28,846 I think your answer is going to be pretty obvious, but there's another 682 00:41:29,026 --> 00:41:33,636 column for, you know, in this case, airplane single engine land. 683 00:41:33,966 --> 00:41:35,446 So category and class. 684 00:41:35,986 --> 00:41:41,086 So again, it sounds like you would log just the amount of time that 685 00:41:41,096 --> 00:41:44,526 matches what you're able to log as PIC since you're rated in it. 686 00:41:45,271 --> 00:41:45,971 yes. 687 00:41:46,931 --> 00:41:51,131 And then, because, you know, Single probably doesn't matter that much, 688 00:41:51,151 --> 00:41:54,381 but you probably right next to that have an airplane multi engine land 689 00:41:54,401 --> 00:41:56,581 column and that one is going to matter. 690 00:41:56,621 --> 00:42:01,761 you will be asked about that for insurance paperwork and for applying 691 00:42:01,761 --> 00:42:03,741 for jobs and all that kind of stuff. 692 00:42:04,161 --> 00:42:08,987 So in both of those cases, if you have a flight that you would like to put 693 00:42:08,987 --> 00:42:14,761 into your logbook for memory purposes, let's call it, you know, it's a 694 00:42:14,761 --> 00:42:16,841 flight that you want to remember and. 695 00:42:17,476 --> 00:42:22,146 Frankly, there are times when you, are getting some value from a flight, 696 00:42:22,196 --> 00:42:23,866 even if you can't necessarily log it. 697 00:42:24,996 --> 00:42:25,286 Yeah. 698 00:42:26,546 --> 00:42:30,186 and so in those cases, if you want to put something like that 699 00:42:30,186 --> 00:42:34,556 in your logbook, does your logbook have some blank columns in it? 700 00:42:35,406 --> 00:42:36,196 Um, it does. 701 00:42:36,316 --> 00:42:36,546 Yep. 702 00:42:37,386 --> 00:42:42,266 And I've written in things like, um, complex and high performance, things like 703 00:42:42,266 --> 00:42:44,176 that, that allow me to keep track of that. 704 00:42:46,116 --> 00:42:46,786 yeah. 705 00:42:47,026 --> 00:42:50,386 So, you know, looking in my logbook here, I've got single engine 706 00:42:50,386 --> 00:42:52,886 land, multi engine land, blank. 707 00:42:54,126 --> 00:42:58,186 Helicopter, as flight instructor, um, 708 00:42:58,336 --> 00:42:58,586 Yep. 709 00:42:59,696 --> 00:43:02,446 and the rest of them, I would probably actually use. 710 00:43:02,456 --> 00:43:07,926 So what I would suggest, and I, I didn't start doing this 711 00:43:07,926 --> 00:43:09,706 until actually very recently. 712 00:43:10,336 --> 00:43:12,041 I was working for a flight instructor. 713 00:43:12,571 --> 00:43:19,751 Part 135 operator, and I was only able to log maybe half of my time or so 714 00:43:19,761 --> 00:43:25,651 because we were flying single pilot airplanes and Any time that we were 715 00:43:25,651 --> 00:43:30,551 on a part 91 leg or if we were on a part 135 leg without passengers on 716 00:43:30,551 --> 00:43:37,031 board There's no method for me to be able to log PIC or really log anything 717 00:43:39,361 --> 00:43:46,716 and so I decided that What I would be doing with that is logging it under 718 00:43:46,716 --> 00:43:49,326 a new column that I call seat time. 719 00:43:50,446 --> 00:43:56,886 So if I was the pilot monitoring, not the pilot flying, and I was not acting 720 00:43:56,886 --> 00:44:05,766 as pilot in command of a 135 leg, then I would just log it as seat time. 721 00:44:05,926 --> 00:44:10,956 So my total time would be zero, cross country zero, landing zero, 722 00:44:11,066 --> 00:44:15,016 you know, all that stuff, but seat time, I would put that in. 723 00:44:15,016 --> 00:44:18,096 So, in your case, you could log 1. 724 00:44:18,096 --> 00:44:20,291 2 of seat time and 0. 725 00:44:20,321 --> 00:44:22,121 3 of PIC, for example. 726 00:44:22,131 --> 00:44:22,491 So, 727 00:44:22,966 --> 00:44:23,776 Right, right. 728 00:44:24,631 --> 00:44:29,851 I just, that's, I feel like that is a method to make it very clear 729 00:44:29,851 --> 00:44:34,561 that, hey, this is, this is time that wasn't necessarily loggable that 730 00:44:34,761 --> 00:44:36,371 I just wanted to have a record of. 731 00:44:37,916 --> 00:44:38,756 Very interesting. 732 00:44:39,896 --> 00:44:43,106 So yeah, we got a, got a little away from the regulations and more about 733 00:44:43,106 --> 00:44:45,296 convention and kind of best practices. 734 00:44:45,296 --> 00:44:47,416 But, but I thought that would be valuable as well. 735 00:44:47,956 --> 00:44:52,236 Along those same lines, Kent, what about in a situation where you 736 00:44:52,236 --> 00:44:56,296 hand the controls, over to a buddy who's not a rated pilot at all? 737 00:44:58,601 --> 00:45:06,051 So that is the zero asterisk I was talking about at the top, because guess what? 738 00:45:06,051 --> 00:45:07,451 You just handed the controls over. 739 00:45:07,451 --> 00:45:09,531 You're no longer the sole manipulator, right? 740 00:45:10,086 --> 00:45:10,376 Yep. 741 00:45:11,071 --> 00:45:13,561 But your buddy is not rated. 742 00:45:14,406 --> 00:45:15,636 And can't log it either. 743 00:45:16,576 --> 00:45:18,106 Zero pilots logging PIC. 744 00:45:18,336 --> 00:45:18,476 it. 745 00:45:18,476 --> 00:45:18,876 Right. 746 00:45:19,266 --> 00:45:19,436 Yep. 747 00:45:19,926 --> 00:45:21,386 But here's the asterisk. 748 00:45:22,446 --> 00:45:25,766 Someone asked for an interpretation on that one. 749 00:45:25,786 --> 00:45:27,466 And the FAA said. 750 00:45:28,491 --> 00:45:32,801 You know, in that instance, it's okay if you log it, even if you're not the, truly 751 00:45:32,801 --> 00:45:34,781 the sole manipulator of the controls. 752 00:45:34,791 --> 00:45:38,301 So, I don't have that interpretation handy here, 753 00:45:38,301 --> 00:45:38,631 but, 754 00:45:38,836 --> 00:45:43,306 it, it's almost like saying, let's not leave PIC time on the table. 755 00:45:45,061 --> 00:45:51,761 kind of, but yeah, I think that the, the FAA is view there was, well, in reality, 756 00:45:51,761 --> 00:45:53,691 you are still in control of the airplane. 757 00:45:53,701 --> 00:45:56,551 So we'll, uh, we'll let you have that one. 758 00:45:57,041 --> 00:46:02,061 And as long as we're on the subject, Let's talk about just the few 759 00:46:02,061 --> 00:46:07,551 different ways that you can log time. 760 00:46:08,031 --> 00:46:14,461 Let me go back to 6151 one last time here, hopefully. 761 00:46:15,411 --> 00:46:18,631 Alright, 6151E again here. 762 00:46:19,181 --> 00:46:22,356 we're going to just quickly tick off the boxes that will 763 00:46:22,366 --> 00:46:23,716 let you log something as PIC. 764 00:46:24,396 --> 00:46:29,126 So we've already talked about the sole manipulator rule a bunch. 765 00:46:30,886 --> 00:46:35,906 Number two here, when the pilot is the sole occupant in the aircraft. 766 00:46:36,416 --> 00:46:41,906 So student solo, that's the first time that you can log PIC because 767 00:46:43,026 --> 00:46:47,731 if you are the sole occupant of the aircraft, You don't have to be rated. 768 00:46:48,431 --> 00:46:51,701 so I guess technically, what did they call that kid? 769 00:46:51,861 --> 00:46:54,161 Uh, the, the barefoot bandit, I think, 770 00:46:55,131 --> 00:46:58,561 who for a while there was running around the country, stealing airplanes. 771 00:46:58,756 --> 00:47:01,186 Mostly the Pacific Northwest, Northwest, Right. 772 00:47:02,916 --> 00:47:03,196 Yeah. 773 00:47:03,196 --> 00:47:04,396 Technically he could lock it. 774 00:47:04,396 --> 00:47:06,996 Yeah. 775 00:47:06,996 --> 00:47:07,296 Uh, 776 00:47:07,306 --> 00:47:07,566 that's 777 00:47:07,641 --> 00:47:10,811 ever going to let him have a pilot certificate, but that's beside the point. 778 00:47:13,241 --> 00:47:18,251 So, third one here, and this is the one, that is important for, for the 779 00:47:18,251 --> 00:47:24,191 scenario where you have two people logging PIC, uh, where one is being 780 00:47:24,191 --> 00:47:25,521 the safety pilot for the other. 781 00:47:25,521 --> 00:47:30,101 So, number three, when the pilot, except for a holder of a sport or 782 00:47:30,101 --> 00:47:34,371 recreational pilot certificate, acts as pilot in command of an aircraft 783 00:47:34,381 --> 00:47:37,811 for which more than one pilot is required under the type certification 784 00:47:37,811 --> 00:47:41,561 of the aircraft or the regulations under which the flight is conducted. 785 00:47:43,761 --> 00:47:46,661 So, that covers a bunch of scenarios. 786 00:47:47,181 --> 00:47:52,711 If you are an airline pilot or, any sort of pilot where the aircraft 787 00:47:52,711 --> 00:47:59,031 requires two pilots, then, That's the part where it says where more 788 00:47:59,031 --> 00:48:02,561 than one pilot is required under the type certification of the aircraft. 789 00:48:04,091 --> 00:48:08,421 Now, I mentioned a minute ago flying under Part 135. 790 00:48:10,271 --> 00:48:15,881 So, it says, or the regulations under which the flight is conducted. 791 00:48:16,831 --> 00:48:19,971 So, in the particular 792 00:48:20,051 --> 00:48:20,961 including your 793 00:48:21,221 --> 00:48:22,251 where I was working. 794 00:48:22,511 --> 00:48:22,961 right. 795 00:48:22,971 --> 00:48:23,991 For a one 35. 796 00:48:24,741 --> 00:48:25,101 right. 797 00:48:25,101 --> 00:48:33,841 So, in Part 135, it specifically says that Two pilots are required on any 798 00:48:33,841 --> 00:48:35,691 leg with paying passengers on board. 799 00:48:36,961 --> 00:48:42,651 There is an exception to that, that some carriers have, and it's just 800 00:48:42,651 --> 00:48:47,251 called generally the autopilot in lieu exception, where if you have 801 00:48:47,251 --> 00:48:52,561 a functioning three axis autopilot, you don't need that second pilot. 802 00:48:52,851 --> 00:48:57,901 You do have to have Ops specs that allow your operation to 803 00:48:57,901 --> 00:48:59,381 use that autopilot and lube. 804 00:48:59,811 --> 00:49:03,221 And we just specifically did not get that ops spec because 805 00:49:03,221 --> 00:49:04,691 that's not how we operated. 806 00:49:04,691 --> 00:49:06,851 We always did everything with two pilots. 807 00:49:07,371 --> 00:49:12,281 I was able to log legs where I was not the pilot flying. 808 00:49:12,991 --> 00:49:18,341 Um, as long as we had passengers on board, if I was the acting pilot in command. 809 00:49:20,781 --> 00:49:24,591 so those are the only two scenarios where the acting pilot in command 810 00:49:24,591 --> 00:49:29,171 could Gets to log it just by virtue of being the acting pilot in command. 811 00:49:30,611 --> 00:49:32,461 But if you were not the. 812 00:49:32,946 --> 00:49:38,276 Not acting as pilot in command and it was not your leg to fly. 813 00:49:38,276 --> 00:49:41,126 So you were not the sole manipulator of the controls. 814 00:49:41,436 --> 00:49:42,376 Then you're not logging PIC. 815 00:49:44,191 --> 00:49:44,741 Correct. 816 00:49:44,921 --> 00:49:47,161 There are no boxes I can tick at that point. 817 00:49:47,161 --> 00:49:48,421 In fact, I couldn't log anything. 818 00:49:48,421 --> 00:49:54,293 So, And man, there's there's so many little Sub scenarios you can start 819 00:49:54,473 --> 00:49:56,723 to get in off of these regulations. 820 00:49:56,723 --> 00:49:58,843 It's it gets kind of crazy. 821 00:49:59,088 --> 00:50:00,798 we'll leave those for future. 822 00:50:01,723 --> 00:50:05,863 Yes, in fact, we would love feedback if you have questions 823 00:50:05,893 --> 00:50:07,503 on whether you can log something. 824 00:50:07,993 --> 00:50:11,953 I guess while we're on the subject, well, we'll come back to that in just a minute. 825 00:50:12,303 --> 00:50:16,883 There is one more, well, there's this number four, which is more 826 00:50:16,883 --> 00:50:23,973 involved in, uh, training flights and, there's an ATP one down here. 827 00:50:23,973 --> 00:50:32,013 So, um, if you are an ATP acting as pilot in command of an operation 828 00:50:32,013 --> 00:50:34,043 requiring an ATP certificate. 829 00:50:35,103 --> 00:50:36,293 You get to log it then. 830 00:50:37,243 --> 00:50:40,293 Which is also kind of covered by that one we were talking about a minute ago. 831 00:50:40,553 --> 00:50:45,153 But this is the one that I really wanted to jump down to is 6151E3. 832 00:50:47,103 --> 00:50:51,483 A Certificated Flight Instructor may log pilot in command flight time for 833 00:50:51,533 --> 00:50:56,003 all flight time while serving as the authorized instructor in an operation, 834 00:50:56,113 --> 00:50:59,413 if the instructor is rated to act as pilot in command of that aircraft. 835 00:50:59,423 --> 00:51:05,788 So, There's plenty of situations where, you can have people logging, 836 00:51:05,928 --> 00:51:09,268 two people logging PIC if one of them is acting as an instructor. 837 00:51:11,438 --> 00:51:15,428 Well, if you're, if you're giving instruction, then you 838 00:51:15,428 --> 00:51:17,298 are required crew at that point. 839 00:51:17,328 --> 00:51:17,658 So 840 00:51:20,958 --> 00:51:24,828 So let's talk about the good ol safety pilot thing. 841 00:51:25,838 --> 00:51:29,528 The way that you can get two pilots logging PIC at the 842 00:51:29,638 --> 00:51:31,468 same time, and you're not. 843 00:51:31,813 --> 00:51:32,683 a professional pilot. 844 00:51:32,933 --> 00:51:34,833 That's, that's the scenario we're talking about. 845 00:51:36,368 --> 00:51:36,668 yeah, 846 00:51:36,718 --> 00:51:43,078 The safety pilot, if the safety pilot is the acting PIC, and this is 847 00:51:43,078 --> 00:51:49,708 important, the safety pilot must be the acting PIC for both pilots to log PIC. 848 00:51:50,788 --> 00:51:56,038 The safety pilot does not have to be the PIC to log it, period. 849 00:51:57,118 --> 00:51:57,358 So. 850 00:51:57,738 --> 00:52:02,498 Pay attention to who is the PIC and is responsible for the flight 851 00:52:02,498 --> 00:52:07,808 because the safety pilot may be logging either PIC or SIC. 852 00:52:08,488 --> 00:52:11,518 and you know, it's more than just regulations that goes into that. 853 00:52:11,608 --> 00:52:15,878 So, let's say you and I go flying in my airplane 854 00:52:16,488 --> 00:52:19,848 and, you know, I'm, I'm. 855 00:52:20,473 --> 00:52:22,543 Under the hood and you're my safety pilot. 856 00:52:23,363 --> 00:52:25,703 Well, are you on my insurance? 857 00:52:26,683 --> 00:52:26,953 I'm 858 00:52:27,403 --> 00:52:27,643 not 859 00:52:27,658 --> 00:52:29,638 one reason why, you know? 860 00:52:30,528 --> 00:52:30,948 Right. 861 00:52:31,218 --> 00:52:34,968 So in that case, I'm gonna want to be the PIC because let's say I 862 00:52:35,148 --> 00:52:40,448 gear the thing up or something like that, and then you are the PIC. 863 00:52:41,048 --> 00:52:43,568 Well, now the insurance is gonna deny that claim. 864 00:52:44,218 --> 00:52:49,438 another thing would be, I was just thinking through the, uh, endorsements. 865 00:52:49,528 --> 00:52:54,028 So, my Mooney is both complex and high performance. 866 00:52:54,618 --> 00:52:56,958 You CANNOT act as PIC. 867 00:52:58,333 --> 00:53:00,763 on my airplane if you don't have those endorsements, 868 00:53:00,933 --> 00:53:03,723 so, um, 869 00:53:04,653 --> 00:53:05,193 Yeah. 870 00:53:05,213 --> 00:53:07,093 so those are a couple things to think about. 871 00:53:07,363 --> 00:53:07,543 yeah. 872 00:53:07,543 --> 00:53:09,763 You have to, you have to be qualified. 873 00:53:10,773 --> 00:53:17,233 You have to be qualified to act as PIC in that airplane, obviously, to act as PIC. 874 00:53:17,813 --> 00:53:18,413 correct. 875 00:53:19,153 --> 00:53:25,203 So if it's not an airplane that you can go and fly by yourself, then you should not, 876 00:53:26,173 --> 00:53:29,723 That includes, that include, I wanna bring this up too. 877 00:53:30,103 --> 00:53:31,603 That includes medicals. 878 00:53:34,293 --> 00:53:34,913 Yes, 879 00:53:36,353 --> 00:53:37,488 So you, you, have to have. 880 00:53:38,423 --> 00:53:43,563 All of the requirements to act as PIC, like you said, Kent, if 881 00:53:43,663 --> 00:53:48,193 you can't fly that airplane by yourself, you can't act as PIC. 882 00:53:50,813 --> 00:53:51,183 yeah. 883 00:53:53,023 --> 00:53:55,583 Now, a medical is required, Yeah. 884 00:53:55,988 --> 00:54:01,098 To be the safety pilot anyway, because you're still a required crew member. 885 00:54:01,778 --> 00:54:04,608 medicals are not just required for PICs. 886 00:54:05,178 --> 00:54:09,398 I should say, though, that BasicMed now does qualify. 887 00:54:10,038 --> 00:54:13,088 For quite a while after the BasicMed rule first came out, 888 00:54:13,898 --> 00:54:17,648 you had to have a legit medical certificate. 889 00:54:17,688 --> 00:54:22,848 It was, it was just due to the way that Congress wrote the law requiring the 890 00:54:22,848 --> 00:54:25,958 FAA to do BasicMed in the first place. 891 00:54:26,423 --> 00:54:31,333 They had not addressed that scenario, and the FAA had been dragging their feet 892 00:54:31,333 --> 00:54:33,493 on that whole idea for the longest time. 893 00:54:33,873 --> 00:54:37,673 And so they literally wrote the regulation exactly as Congress 894 00:54:37,693 --> 00:54:40,433 made them, and nothing else. 895 00:54:40,433 --> 00:54:45,963 And that was probably the most glaring issue with the whole thing was that, okay, 896 00:54:45,963 --> 00:54:52,033 now there's this whole scenario where I can fly the plane myself, but I can't sit 897 00:54:52,033 --> 00:54:53,743 in the right seat and look for traffic. 898 00:54:54,118 --> 00:54:54,448 Right, 899 00:54:55,003 --> 00:54:58,793 But yeah, they did finally address that more recently. 900 00:54:58,813 --> 00:54:59,183 So 901 00:54:59,438 --> 00:55:02,238 Did they address that with a regulation change or did they 902 00:55:02,238 --> 00:55:03,808 address it with an interpretation? 903 00:55:05,913 --> 00:55:06,333 that was 904 00:55:06,333 --> 00:55:07,443 a regulation change. 905 00:55:07,933 --> 00:55:12,123 So technically an interpretation of An interpretation is 906 00:55:12,133 --> 00:55:15,373 never changing a regulation. 907 00:55:16,073 --> 00:55:16,373 It is 908 00:55:16,373 --> 00:55:16,763 merely 909 00:55:16,783 --> 00:55:16,893 a 910 00:55:17,298 --> 00:55:18,098 but they can be 911 00:55:18,193 --> 00:55:20,423 of what the regulation means. 912 00:55:21,418 --> 00:55:25,738 uh, regulation can be ambiguous enough that it, it has the same effect though. 913 00:55:28,303 --> 00:55:29,513 Yeah, to an extent. 914 00:55:29,723 --> 00:55:34,313 but yeah, this particular one, it, it was not ambiguous at all. 915 00:55:34,313 --> 00:55:36,913 It, it said, yeah, you need to have a medical. 916 00:55:37,473 --> 00:55:42,668 it was really the, uh, The basic med rule didn't say that there was that exception. 917 00:55:42,678 --> 00:55:43,028 So 918 00:55:43,148 --> 00:55:43,588 Right. 919 00:55:44,388 --> 00:55:47,738 anyway, I don't want to get too far into the whole medical issue, but yes, 920 00:55:47,738 --> 00:55:50,168 to act as pilot in command, you need. 921 00:55:50,808 --> 00:55:51,478 everything. 922 00:55:51,478 --> 00:55:54,728 You need the endorsements, you need the medical, you need all that stuff. 923 00:55:54,728 --> 00:55:59,648 So, I think that that, you know, if you, if you can't fly the airplane on your 924 00:55:59,648 --> 00:56:06,518 own with friends in the back seat, you're also not qualified to be the acting P. 925 00:56:06,518 --> 00:56:06,638 I. 926 00:56:06,638 --> 00:56:07,038 C. 927 00:56:07,378 --> 00:56:09,578 That isn't to say that you can't be the safety pilot. 928 00:56:09,843 --> 00:56:14,903 But, we've covered a couple scenarios here with, insurance and endorsements and 929 00:56:14,903 --> 00:56:22,613 all that kind of stuff that you should be aware of, and you should also agree before 930 00:56:22,613 --> 00:56:28,683 the flight who the PIC is going to be so that there's no ambiguity there at all. 931 00:56:29,043 --> 00:56:31,723 You need to know who is in command of that flight. 932 00:56:32,428 --> 00:56:32,808 Right. 933 00:56:32,973 --> 00:56:40,833 so, all that said, Let's say you are the acting PIC safety pilot. 934 00:56:42,563 --> 00:56:49,273 Now we're coming down here to 6151E13 when the pilot, except for 935 00:56:49,473 --> 00:56:53,403 sport and recreational, acts as pilot in command of an aircraft. 936 00:56:54,423 --> 00:56:57,213 And I'm going to skip over the multi pilot aircraft. 937 00:56:57,508 --> 00:57:03,538 One's, section of this here, an aircraft under which, or for which more than one 938 00:57:03,538 --> 00:57:09,378 pilot is required under the regulations under which the flight is conducted. 939 00:57:10,468 --> 00:57:15,418 So, there is a regulation, I can't remember the number right now. 940 00:57:15,983 --> 00:57:21,063 offhand, but there is a regulation that requires a safety pilot when 941 00:57:21,063 --> 00:57:22,653 you're wearing a view limiting device. 942 00:57:22,878 --> 00:57:24,398 I'll put it up on the screen right 943 00:57:24,403 --> 00:57:28,223 that is the regulation under which the pilot is, or under 944 00:57:28,223 --> 00:57:29,383 which the flight is conducted. 945 00:57:35,678 --> 00:57:43,618 So let's drop down real quick to 6151F, logging of second in command flight time. 946 00:57:43,948 --> 00:57:44,248 right. 947 00:57:44,328 --> 00:57:45,648 That's just what I was going to ask. 948 00:57:46,798 --> 00:57:52,918 Because if you're the safety pilot and you cannot be the acting PIC, 949 00:57:52,918 --> 00:57:58,433 you may still log the time, it will just be second in command time. 950 00:57:59,803 --> 00:58:05,553 So, 6151 F1 is talking about multi pilot aircraft. 951 00:58:07,663 --> 00:58:11,263 6151 F2 is the pertinent regulation here. 952 00:58:11,763 --> 00:58:17,403 So, starting up at the main text here, a person may log second in 953 00:58:17,403 --> 00:58:22,083 command time Um, only for that flight time during which the person holds 954 00:58:22,083 --> 00:58:25,773 the appropriate category, class, and instrument rating if an instrument 955 00:58:25,773 --> 00:58:27,373 rating is required for the flight. 956 00:58:28,053 --> 00:58:30,653 If it's in VMC, it doesn't require an instrument rating, right? 957 00:58:31,883 --> 00:58:36,323 For the aircraft being flown and more than one pilot is required 958 00:58:36,363 --> 00:58:39,693 under the type certification of the aircraft or the regulations under 959 00:58:39,703 --> 00:58:41,103 which the flight is being conducted. 960 00:58:41,123 --> 00:58:47,288 So again, There is that regulation saying that you need the safety pilot. 961 00:58:47,348 --> 00:58:51,858 So that is the regulations under which the flight is being conducted. 962 00:58:52,648 --> 00:58:57,978 And again, here you see this word or before the last subsection, you 963 00:58:57,978 --> 00:59:01,468 know, so at the end of number two, it says, or which means you only 964 00:59:01,468 --> 00:59:03,408 need to check one of these three. 965 00:59:03,478 --> 00:59:06,468 If any of those three are true, you're good. 966 00:59:08,748 --> 00:59:08,968 So 967 00:59:09,158 --> 00:59:09,658 cool. 968 00:59:10,088 --> 00:59:10,338 Very 969 00:59:10,338 --> 00:59:10,678 cool. 970 00:59:11,598 --> 00:59:12,038 Yeah. 971 00:59:12,538 --> 00:59:14,988 Oh, I do want to suggest one more thing. 972 00:59:14,988 --> 00:59:17,478 I talked about an extra column for seat time. 973 00:59:19,358 --> 00:59:25,318 I also have put in an extra column now for acting pilot in command time. 974 00:59:26,258 --> 00:59:35,768 And the only reason for that is there are certain airlines who Disagree with the 975 00:59:35,768 --> 00:59:42,018 FAA on what should be locked as PIC, but they are not the FAA, so I'm going to log 976 00:59:42,018 --> 00:59:44,388 in my logbook what the FAA says to do. 977 00:59:44,978 --> 00:59:55,688 But, I have seen instructions on airline applications that say, for pilot and 978 00:59:55,688 --> 01:00:00,368 command time, we want you to fill out Only the time where you were the 979 01:00:00,588 --> 01:00:02,518 acting pilot in command of the flight. 980 01:00:03,308 --> 01:00:06,888 So I have also added an acting PIC column. 981 01:00:07,458 --> 01:00:08,618 Have you gone back and? 982 01:00:09,153 --> 01:00:11,953 Filled it all out for pre your previous career. 983 01:00:14,008 --> 01:00:14,698 Yep, I 984 01:00:14,698 --> 01:00:15,228 have. 985 01:00:15,908 --> 01:00:18,158 It actually wasn't that hard. 986 01:00:18,898 --> 01:00:24,763 Well, so what I did is, I went through the aircraft that are in my logbook. 987 01:00:25,693 --> 01:00:30,743 And some aircraft, I know I was never the acting pilot in command. 988 01:00:31,013 --> 01:00:32,353 And some, you always were. 989 01:00:32,413 --> 01:00:36,073 friends who let me fly their planes and stuff like that, but they were 990 01:00:36,073 --> 01:00:37,783 always with me and that sort of stuff. 991 01:00:38,363 --> 01:00:43,623 there are some, aircraft for which I knew I was always the acting pilot in command. 992 01:00:44,623 --> 01:00:47,093 And then there were, you know, some aircraft where it 993 01:00:47,093 --> 01:00:48,923 could have been either or, so. 994 01:00:49,603 --> 01:00:53,273 I just automated the whole process and said, okay, we'll do a V look 995 01:00:53,283 --> 01:00:58,373 up here and check the tail number against the list here and just 996 01:00:58,373 --> 01:01:01,913 check on whether that aircraft was an always a never or a sometimes. 997 01:01:01,913 --> 01:01:02,153 And, 998 01:01:02,903 --> 01:01:03,433 um, 999 01:01:03,493 --> 01:01:04,003 interesting. 1000 01:01:04,783 --> 01:01:09,053 And tell me how you've done that in, in your four flight log 1001 01:01:09,053 --> 01:01:11,133 book, your electronic log book, 1002 01:01:11,953 --> 01:01:17,643 so ForeFlight lets you put in, um, custom columns. 1003 01:01:17,683 --> 01:01:19,053 Let me actually, uh, go to 1004 01:01:21,333 --> 01:01:22,293 ForeFlight 1005 01:01:26,543 --> 01:01:28,163 logbook here. 1006 01:01:37,833 --> 01:01:38,593 All right. 1007 01:01:38,593 --> 01:01:42,403 So under settings, 1008 01:01:46,628 --> 01:01:52,128 You can see here, all of these ones at the top with checkboxes are columns 1009 01:01:52,128 --> 01:01:56,668 that ForeFlight includes, and you can decide whether to display them or not. 1010 01:01:57,368 --> 01:02:01,638 So you can see, for example, I don't have the night vision goggles checked, 1011 01:02:01,668 --> 01:02:06,358 because I have never flown with night vision goggles, and probably won't. 1012 01:02:07,068 --> 01:02:11,078 Um, yeah, sounds like it'd be kind of cool, 1013 01:02:11,088 --> 01:02:11,398 right? 1014 01:02:11,518 --> 01:02:12,628 that sounds pretty fun to 1015 01:02:12,628 --> 01:02:12,938 me. 1016 01:02:14,663 --> 01:02:19,503 Yeah, so you can see down at the bottom here, I have four custom fields. 1017 01:02:20,073 --> 01:02:23,643 and then there's this little new field link, that you can click 1018 01:02:25,493 --> 01:02:27,173 and just create a new field. 1019 01:02:27,633 --> 01:02:32,183 Let's do that for the heck of it because I want to pull up the types you can do. 1020 01:02:32,183 --> 01:02:42,403 You can do text, numeric, hours, counter, date, date and time, or toggle. 1021 01:02:42,413 --> 01:02:50,728 So you can have just a Um, so those are the options for your, your custom 1022 01:02:50,728 --> 01:02:54,508 field types, but you can have, as far as I know, they don't have a 1023 01:02:54,508 --> 01:02:56,488 limit on the number of custom fields. 1024 01:02:56,568 --> 01:02:58,668 but I would check on that if you're going to do 1025 01:02:59,418 --> 01:03:00,038 A ton of 1026 01:03:00,038 --> 01:03:02,098 them, uh, because there may be a limit. 1027 01:03:02,668 --> 01:03:04,128 That would be hard to manage anyway. 1028 01:03:04,128 --> 01:03:06,048 So I would stay away from that if you can. 1029 01:03:07,038 --> 01:03:09,628 yeah, yeah. 1030 01:03:09,628 --> 01:03:14,208 And one of the things that I did notice is when you have a custom field, you know, 1031 01:03:14,208 --> 01:03:16,198 in ForeFlight, they always put the button. 1032 01:03:16,208 --> 01:03:20,098 Once you fill in the total time, a lot of the other ones will have a little 1033 01:03:20,138 --> 01:03:22,298 button that appears that says, use 1. 1034 01:03:22,298 --> 01:03:24,728 5 or whatever you put in for the total time. 1035 01:03:25,158 --> 01:03:27,058 The custom fields don't get that. 1036 01:03:27,068 --> 01:03:29,688 So you do end up having to manually key it every time. 1037 01:03:30,528 --> 01:03:30,698 Yeah. 1038 01:03:30,698 --> 01:03:33,618 I was thinking you could almost make that column that when you were 1039 01:03:33,618 --> 01:03:35,308 just talking about a toggle field. 1040 01:03:35,718 --> 01:03:40,778 And if you ever had to, if you ever had to add up your total PIC where 1041 01:03:40,778 --> 01:03:43,958 you were acting PIC, you could just look up the total duration of the 1042 01:03:43,958 --> 01:03:45,378 flights where that was toggled on. 1043 01:03:47,678 --> 01:03:48,128 yeah. 1044 01:03:48,288 --> 01:03:48,838 you could, you could 1045 01:03:48,998 --> 01:03:51,088 And let me show you how this looks too. 1046 01:03:52,298 --> 01:03:56,658 Build my experience report here those custom fields. 1047 01:03:56,658 --> 01:04:05,678 It does by aircraft type So this is for flight standard experience report And 1048 01:04:05,678 --> 01:04:10,988 when you have the custom fields if you come down here to the bottom It shows 1049 01:04:11,268 --> 01:04:18,168 each type of flying that I have in You know acting PIC part 135 and seat 1050 01:04:18,168 --> 01:04:21,693 hours are all done by aircraft type. 1051 01:04:22,423 --> 01:04:24,813 there is the totals at the bottom here. 1052 01:04:25,848 --> 01:04:26,438 Very cool. 1053 01:04:27,523 --> 01:04:28,963 but yeah, that's what that looks like. 1054 01:04:30,558 --> 01:04:31,128 Excellent. 1055 01:04:31,558 --> 01:04:38,938 Well, Kent, any other, um, last things you wanted to say about this vast topic? 1056 01:04:41,043 --> 01:04:44,273 I think we have pretty well beat that one to death. 1057 01:04:44,303 --> 01:04:51,453 Um, like I said, there are a bunch of little tiny exceptions and 1058 01:04:51,453 --> 01:04:55,153 asterisks and stuff like that, that you can get into on this. 1059 01:04:55,153 --> 01:05:00,073 And so, you know, Please don't automatically go and start logging 1060 01:05:00,093 --> 01:05:04,903 everything as PIC just because you heard two random guys on a podcast tell you to. 1061 01:05:05,373 --> 01:05:09,733 Make sure that you can actually back that up by reading the regulations 1062 01:05:09,743 --> 01:05:14,523 that we've pointed you to, reading interpretations, and you know what? 1063 01:05:14,543 --> 01:05:18,793 If you have a question, by all means send it in and we'd love to answer it. 1064 01:05:19,548 --> 01:05:22,048 We, we like to do the research to call us crazy. 1065 01:05:23,818 --> 01:05:27,888 Yes, we are that kind of crazy and please, FAA, don't take our medicals away. 1066 01:05:27,888 --> 01:05:30,048 Heh heh heh heh heh heh. 1067 01:05:30,923 --> 01:05:31,433 Excellent. 1068 01:05:31,453 --> 01:05:33,753 Well, Kent, this, this was an awesome topic. 1069 01:05:33,833 --> 01:05:34,853 Certainly needed. 1070 01:05:34,903 --> 01:05:38,423 I know that there's always a lot of confusion about this. 1071 01:05:38,753 --> 01:05:43,533 And a lot of this discussion helps me personally to wrap my head around 1072 01:05:43,543 --> 01:05:45,363 some of these scenarios that pop up. 1073 01:05:45,863 --> 01:05:49,693 When you get a lot more experience in your career, things are going to pop up. 1074 01:05:50,433 --> 01:05:53,933 That you're thinking, Hmm, haven't seen this before. 1075 01:05:54,323 --> 01:05:57,913 And so these are the types of things, especially showing people 1076 01:05:57,923 --> 01:06:02,323 how to go find the regs to find the interpretations and kind of make 1077 01:06:02,323 --> 01:06:04,293 their decisions based on those. 1078 01:06:04,603 --> 01:06:08,603 So appreciate this great topic, great coverage of the topic. 1079 01:06:08,813 --> 01:06:13,463 You never cease to amaze me on the depth of, of knowledge that 1080 01:06:13,463 --> 01:06:14,623 you have on some of these things. 1081 01:06:14,623 --> 01:06:15,703 So thank you very much. 1082 01:06:15,703 --> 01:06:16,363 This was cool. 1083 01:06:18,508 --> 01:06:19,348 Yeah, this was fun. 1084 01:06:19,348 --> 01:06:22,518 It's always, uh, always fun to geek out about this stuff. 1085 01:06:23,776 --> 01:06:24,406 All right, Kent. 1086 01:06:24,406 --> 01:06:27,516 So we'll see you next time on, on beyond the check ride. 1087 01:06:27,526 --> 01:06:28,116 Thanks again. 1088 01:06:29,001 --> 01:06:29,731 Alright, we'll see ya. 1089 01:06:36,626 --> 01:06:37,496 Okay, everyone. 1090 01:06:37,496 --> 01:06:39,716 I hope you liked that topic as usual. 1091 01:06:40,166 --> 01:06:43,436 And like I said before, As usual. 1092 01:06:43,436 --> 01:06:46,526 And like I said before, we'd love to get feedback, comments, 1093 01:06:46,526 --> 01:06:48,056 your own stories, all of it. 1094 01:06:48,056 --> 01:06:49,226 So reach out to us. 1095 01:06:49,646 --> 01:06:52,466 Logging is obviously a big topic. 1096 01:06:52,706 --> 01:06:55,286 We didn't even cover it nearly comprehensively. 1097 01:06:55,526 --> 01:06:56,936 And it took us over an hour. 1098 01:06:57,266 --> 01:07:01,406 There is a lot of nuance and a lot of detail, but hopefully we covered 1099 01:07:01,406 --> 01:07:04,316 the basics and the common scenarios that people get tripped up on. 1100 01:07:04,866 --> 01:07:09,366 More importantly, Kent showed you how to figure it out for yourself, by diving 1101 01:07:09,366 --> 01:07:11,676 into the rags and the interpretations. 1102 01:07:11,676 --> 01:07:12,186 And so on. 1103 01:07:12,666 --> 01:07:16,206 So, I guess it's time to get out there. 1104 01:07:16,746 --> 01:07:18,036 And lug some more time.