"C.D. Damron" wrote in
As I suspected. To further the point, my father, a retired NFO,
has hundreds of hours of private pilot time logged in Naval
aircraft, but he would never claim to be a Navy pilot.

How did he meet the FAA requirement of "rated in type" in order
to log the time as "pilot flight time"? Rated-in-type is a
requirement for all aircraft over 12'500# and jet aircraft.

Bob Moore
ATP B-707 B-727
USN S-2F P-2V P-3B
CFI ASEL-IA