Can I log safety pilot time?

Both pilots may log PIC time if the safety pilot is the acting pilot in command. FAR 61.51(e) allows both the sole manipulator of the controls and the acting PIC to log PIC time.

Can I log flight time as a safety pilot?

Because a safety pilot does not conduct the entire flight, a person acting as a safety pilot for a portion of the flight may not log any cross-country flight time for the flight. In your example, Pilot A may log the entire flight (2.2 hours) of cross-country flight time because that pilot conducted the entire flight.

How do I log a safety pilot in logbook?

When you are flying under the hood, you must write the name of your safety pilot in your logbook. You should do the same for your own records when acting as a safety pilot for someone else. When you are the safety pilot, you are responsible for the safety of the flight.

Can you log approaches as safety pilot?

Yes, a non-current pilot can log an approach flown under simulated instrument conditions or under actual conditions with an appropriately rated and current PIC.

Can you log flight time without a medical?

To legally act as PIC, a private, commercial, and airline transport pilot must have a current medical certificate and have all required endorsements, ratings, and recency of experience for the type of aircraft being flown and the flight conditions under which the flight is conducted (FAR 61.3, 61.31, 61.56, 61.57).

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What can be logged as flight time?

The definition of "flight time" is found in 14 CFR 1.1, the definitions section of our favorite federal regulations: "Flight Time Means: Pilot time that commences when an aircraft moves under its own power for the purpose of flight and ends when the aircraft comes to rest after landing."

Can you log your own flight hours?

Even if there aren't any other pilots aboard, and you're only carrying passengers who have no idea how to operate an aircraft, you still can't log your flight as a solo. Solo time is usually logged by pilots under training as part of the requirements for a license such as a Private Pilot's License (PPL).

Does a safety pilot need a medical?

What about a medical certificate? The FAA holds that the Safety Pilot is a required crewmember because FAR 91.109 requires one. FAR 61 c (3) states that all required crewmembers need a current medical certificate. So, you need at least a current Class III to act as Safety Pilot.

Does a safety pilot count as a passenger?

However, under Section 91.109(b), both the private pilot and the safety pilot are required crewmembers for the simulated instrument flight and neither is considered a passenger for the flight.

Can a safety pilot file an IFR flight plan?

That's the catch - you're on an IFR flight plan, which means you're flying under IFR. And, you don't have an instrument rating, so FAR 61.3 says you can't act as pilot-in-command. You can still be the safety pilot, you just can't be the pilot-in-command. And that means you can't log PIC as the safety pilot.

Can you have a safety pilot for night currency?

To act as PIC, the safety pilot must have the recent flight experience per FAR 61.57, as appropriate for the aircraft and conditions of flight, such as night currency. They must also have a current medical or qualify for BasicMed.

Are electronic pilot logbooks legal?

Short answer: an electronic logbook is legal; the FAA will accept almost anything as an endorsement; it's often most practical to collect endorsements on paper but electronic versions are also fine.

Does a safety pilot need a high performance endorsement?

While it is always a good idea to be familiar with and have some experience in an aircraft in which you're acting as safety pilot, there is no requirement for a safety pilot to hold the correct endorsements for the aircraft used, just a private pilot certificate with correct category and class (FAR 91.109(c)).

Can you log time without a student pilot certificate?

As long as you're rated for the aircraft, you're allowed to log the time. You're not rated in an airplane until you hold a pilot's certificate, which means you'll need to be more than a student pilot.

Does sic time count as total time?

Appropriately logged SIC time can be applied toward the 1,500-hour total flight time requirement for ATP certification, and can also be logged toward some of the specific ATP flight time requirements including those in FAR 61.159(a)(1) through (4).

What is the most hours logged by a pilot?

John Edward Long, Jr. (1915–July 18, 1999) was an American pilot who is in the Guinness Book of Records for the most flight time by a pilot: over 65,000 hours (more than seven years and four months) at the time of his death.

Who logs PIC when flying with a safety pilot?

Both pilots may log PIC time if the safety pilot is the acting pilot in command. FAR 61.51(e) allows both the sole manipulator of the controls and the acting PIC to log PIC time. Acting as PIC. The safety pilot should not take the role as acting PIC lightly.

Can you fly friends with a private pilot license?

The PPL provides foundational knowledge and skills for all future aircraft pilot training. As a Private Pilot, you can fly an airplane day and night in visual flight conditions. In fact, you can even carry passengers, such as friends, family, and co-workers.

Can 2 pilots log total time?

If two pilots are required by “the regulations under which the flight is conducted,” then you may both log PIC time if you are acting as PIC and your friend is flying.

Can I act as safety pilot under basic med?

A safety pilot, by virtue of being a required crewmember, is required to hold a medical certificate. Because BasicMed only applies to pilots acting as PIC, a safety pilot who is not PIC must hold a valid medical certificate, and may not operate under BasicMed.

Can a private pilot fly under the hood with a safety pilot?

If you will be flying under the hood then the safety pilot must be at least a Private Pilot and must be rated in the airplane. If flying in actual conditions then the safety pilot must be a Private Pilot with an instrument rating.

Does sleep apnea disqualify you from being a pilot?

Sleep apnea has significant safety implications due to cognitive impairment secondary to the lack of restorative sleep and is disqualifying for airman medical certification.

Can you log hours as a passenger?

No. You're only supposed to log time when you are "manipulating the controls" i.e., PIC/SIC or as a rated crewmember. Safety pilots and many others can log time without touching the controls, but as a passenger, you have no role in the operation of the aircraft, and therefore cannot log time.

Do you log solo time as a private pilot?

Private pilots in gliders and lighter-than-air aircraft must have logged from an authorized instructor a similar number of hours and/ or training flights, which include both cross country and solo according to category and class rating sought.