(Teacherjh) wrote:

So, you log HOT when you're flying by yourself.
You log HOT when you're Top Dog of a required crew.
You log HOT when you're hands-on flying, even if somebody else is Top Dog.
An instructor logs HOT when he or she is instructing, no matter who is Top Dog.

Nobody logs Top Dog time. It's just not loggable any more than the time you
spend eating a tuna sandwich is.

Well. if we want to pick nits (and isn't that what all
"logging" threads are about :-), the pilot in the right seat
can log Top Dog time if the sole manipulator in the right
seat 1) is not PIC (by agreement), 2) can't be PIC (not
instrument rated, no medical, etc.) *and* 3) is not a pilot
(has no pilot certificate of any type).

The exact bounds of this type of legal logging (the sole
manipulator has a balloon rating?) are not currently known,
but it is certain that if the right seat person is under 14,
you can log the time even when you are not touching the
controls. The reason the FAA's Chief Counsel gave for
allowing this type of logging is specifically because the
right seat pilot is "Top Dog," as defined in this thread.
Todd Pattist
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