Ok, so to throw another hypothetical in the loop, if I'm flying safety
pilot, and we go to an airport more than 50 miles away, does it count as
x-country PIC for my instrument rating. From what my instructor tells
me, I'm nearly ready for checkride, I just need to meet x-c
requirements, sooooooo if a friend and I make an hour and a half flight
to OKC and back, each flying one way and safety pilot the other, we both log
2.8 PIC and 2.8 X-C????
(subtracting a tenth for takeoff and landing when acting as safety
pilot, since that won't be done under the hood and not really safety
pilot, just a passenger then).

Trying to figure out just how confusing the FARs can be

C J Campbell wrote:

"John T" wrote in message
ws.com...

"zatatime" wrote in message
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In a single pilot airplane, it is fine for the person to log PIC even
if he is not current, as long as there is someone current on board
acting as PIC.

Let's expand this scenario a bit. Let's say that my instrument currency

has

lapsed and before I can schedule a flight, my night currency lapses, too.

I

find a pilot friend (who is current) to fly safety pilot. Who logs the

PIC

time for the duration I'm the only one manipulating the controls flying
approaches during a night flight?


You both do. You as sole manipulator of the controls, the safety pilot as a
required crewmember acting as PIC.


...I still find it bizarre.


I personally do not find it bizarre at all. I think the FAA's approach is
both simple and elegant.