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A rated private pilot receiving instruction is the sole manipulator of the controls. What time may they log?
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✓ Pilot-in-command timecorrect
A rated pilot who is the sole manipulator of the controls may log PIC time.
No time at all while receiving instruction
Flying the controls as a rated pilot is loggable time.
Only second-in-command time
The sole manipulator logs PIC time, not SIC time.
Only ground time
Actual flight as sole manipulator is loggable as PIC.
Why
A pilot may log PIC time when they are the sole manipulator of the controls of an aircraft for which they are rated, even while receiving instruction, though the instructor is the acting PIC.
FAA source: 14 CFR 61.51browse the reference library →
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