FAR 61.51(g)(4) Logging Instrument Time requires "an authorized instructor is present to observe that time and signs the person's logbook or training record to verify the time and the content of the training session." I infer from this language that the CFI doesn't have to be conducting instruction that could be logged as dual (training) time and doesn't have to be sitting next to the pilot watching the session. The minimum would be periodic checking sufficient to confirm "the time and the content of the training session." I'd like to be able to ask a fellow CFI at the school at which I'm employed to observe me in our AATD so that I can maintain my currency without having to pay that CFI for dual instruction while that CFI is conducting other duties, but can check in with me every so often (how often) "to verify".
Is my inference correct? How can another CFI and I comply with this logging requirement short of conducting a dual lesson in the AATD or FTD? What are the implications for me and for the CFI?
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