Scenario. Civil Air Patrol mission. Left seat, current in all respect Private Pilot. Mission Commander Right seat (me), CFI-I, current BFR, Medical, out of 90 day VFR currency. 5 hour mission, he flew 2.5, I flew 2.5 What can I log PIC? I assume 2.5 because I was not acting as a CFI to get the whole 5.0. I also assumed I could log the PIC even though I was out of currency, but he was a rated and current pilot, therefore not a passenger. I did the landing, which I assumed was legal because he was, again, current and legal for the flight. The FSDO seemed to agree with me on the landing, although I forgot to ask about the logging of PIC time. In fact, I called the FSDO to see if I could do the three landings in the left seat, with the aircraft owner and pilot in the right. They said it was fine since he was a rated and current pilot. Thoughts
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