On 7/12/2005 8:21 AM, wrote the following:

> a) I (assume I am legally PIC in the airspace in question) can carry a
> CFII as a mere passenger, and

Not just airspace. If you are not IA rated, you cannot act as PIC on an IFR
flight plan. You log PIC because you are rated in the airplane, sole operator
of the controls etc., but the CFII must be acting as PIC and must be current.
Hence the CFII would not be a "mere passenger." It still doesn't have to be
dual, though.

At least that's my understanding. I'll get jumped on pretty fast here if it's
not right!

Another interesting question is.. Can a CFI give instruction in a sea
plane even though he only holds a private sea rating (assuming the CFI
hold CFI-Airplane Single Engine) ? Back when my sea rating was only
private I asked our local FSDO office. They said they could not find
anything that said no but it didn't sound like a good idea (and I never
did it).
The FAR says you must have a commercial to APPLY for a CFI but not to
exercise it. This is a strange area because CFI is NOT specific to land
or sea, unlike a pilot certificate

-Robert, CFI (and commercial) land and sea