Todd Pattist wrote in message . ..
"Baron Man" wrote:

can one log PIC if another person is flying.

To add to the prior post, a safety pilot may also log PIC time while
assisting another pilot doing simulated IFR. In that case, both
pilots are logging PIC. This has been hotly debated where some have
vehemently argued that the safety pilot is not acting as PIC, and thus
can't log it. Then someone actually wrote the FAA and got a written
response from FAA councel that yes, the safety pilot is a required
crewmember under the conditions (simulated IFR) and therefore may log
it.

The safety pilot need not be an instructor - they only need to hold at
least private rating and be signed off in category/class.