On 07/01/2012 12:23, Markus Graeber wrote:
Thanks T, so the only scenario in the US for gliders where two pilots
can log PIC time for the same flying time is when a rated and current
instructor does instruction (e.g. commercial) or a check ride (e.g
BFR) with an already rated glider pilot?

I'd be interested to hear e.g. from the UK, AU& NZ how the P1/P2
relationship is handled in a glider with regards to logging PIC time.

Thanks,

Markus

No licences in BGA-land so there's no distinction between pre-licence &
post-licence.

Your first solo is your first P1 in the logbook; thereafter, all solo
flights are P1, any further training, annual check flights, instructor
checks etc are P2.

Gliders might have dual controls but they are single crew aircraft &
only one person can be PIC/P1. If I'm receiving a check flight or any
further training, the other guy is in charge & P1, no matter how
qualified I might be.

Two qualified pilots flying together will agree before take off who will
be P1 at which point in the flight, eg "you're P1 on the way out, I'm P1
on the way back". Hands on the controls has nothing to do with it; I can
be P1, munching a sandwich while the other guy flies the glider.

(In the power world, P2 would refer to the co-pilot of a 2 crew
aircraft. Since there aren't any 2 crew gliders, we happily use P2 to
refer to anyone who isn't P1).