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Can I log pic time if I am beyond my flight review date and am flying with a CFI to get current?

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Can I log pic time if I am beyond my flight review date and am flying with a CFI to get current?

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  1. Wes Beard on Sep 21, 2012

    Yes. If you are flying an aircraft that you are rated for. Obviously you cannot act as the legal pilot in command but that doesn’t prevent you from logging PIC time.

    See §61.51(e)

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  2. withanh on Sep 21, 2012

    Does that also have to be logged as dual?

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  3. Wes Beard on Sep 22, 2012

    No. Not necessarily. You could be flying with a non CFI friend and you are the sole manipulator of the controls. In this case you are the only one who logs PIC time while your friend is the legal pilot in command. I would make a note in your logbook on how you got PIC time outside your flight review.

    In your case, flying with a CFI should be logged as dual given.

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