"Richard" wrote in message t...
I'm sure this has be hashed over many times, but I can't find it now. In
the current issue of "IFR" (December, 2003), an editorial answer to a
reader's question contained the following - (referring to a safety pilot
requirements):

I have written the editor who published a correction, which is still wrong.

For many years I have been under the impression that a safety pilot must
possess at least a private pilot certificate with category and class ratings
appropriate to the aircraft being flown. In my case, (182-RG), I don't
think that a safety pilot has to have any of the above additional
endorsements. Has something changed, or have I just been wrong all these
years?

No Paul Berge just isn't that good of an editor. The safety pilot does not need
to meet the endorsement requirements unless he is going to be pilot in command.
A safety pilot can be, but isn't necessarily pilot in command.