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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 18:55:57 -0500
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From: Paul Kapcin <pkapcin@olsusa.com>
Subject: Safety Pilots
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Reposted for: Larry_Eversmeyer@mmacmail.jccbi.gov

    According to =F5 91.109(b), a safety pilot must possess at least a 
private certificate with appropriate category & class ratings.  Is it 
necessary for that safety pilot to be "current" in the aircraft (landings, 
etc.)?  Requirements of 61.55 specifically exempt safety pilots [=F5 
61.55(d)(4)], but where are the safety pilot criteria actually spelled out.
Section  61.57 refers to pilot-in-command requirements, but a safety pilot 
is not PIC, only a required crew member.  Further, has there ever been an 
interpretation that the safety pilot must be Instrument Rated for that type 
of VFR operation? ANSWER:   Ref. =F5 61.31(d)(1); =F5 61.51(e)(1)(iii), =F5 
61.51(f)(2), =F5 61.3(c); =F5 61.56(c), =F5 61.57(c); A safety pilot  is a 
"required crewmember" and must hold at least a valid
private pilot certificate with category and class ratings appropriate to 
the aircraft being flown per =F5 91.109(b) and a valid medical 
certificate  per =F5 61.3(c).  A valid pilot certificate is one which has 
not been revoked or under suspension.
       That person who is serving as a safety pilot may choose to act as 
the legal pilot-in-command (per 14 CFR part 1) and log the time as 
PIC  [per =F5 61.51(e)(1)(iii)], or otherwise log the time as SIC time [per 
=F5 61.51(f)(2)], but is not even required  to log the time at 
all.  However, the safety pilot's name must   be logged by the person 
practicing instrument flight [per =F5 61.51(g)(3)(ii)].   If the safety 
pilot is going to act as the
legal PIC for the flight that person must ?. . . Hold the appropriate 
category, class, and type rating (if a class rating  and type rating are 
required) for the aircraft to be flown;?  [per =F5 61.31(d)(1)]. ).   And 
if the flight is conducted in a high performance, complex, tail wheel, etc. 
aircraft and the safety pilot is acting as the legal PIC that pilot must 
have the appropriate endorsements that are required by =F5 61.31(e),  (f) 
and/or (i), as appropriate.  This could be a reason why a safety pilot 
might only be able to serve as an SIC and log it     asSIC time.   If the 
safety pilot is not acting as PIC or logging PIC flight time the he does 
not hafe to have these indorsements.

     And assuming the operation is a simulated instrument flight (as  in 
the case the flight is performed in VMC conditions under IFR), the safety 
pilot would not need to hold an instrument rating.  If any portion of the 
flight were conducted on an IFR flight plan (e.g., in and out of the clouds 
and/or even on an  IFR flight plan) at least one of the pilots must have 
an  instrument rating and the =F5 1.1 PIC must be instrument current  in 
accordance with =F5 61.57(c) and be Flight Review current in accordance 
with =F5 61.56(c).


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     To all those FAR gurus on the list,
Does anyone know of a FAR or other FAA document that requires  the safety 
pilot (for simulated instrument flight) in a complex  aircraft to possess a 
complex endorsement.  The only references I find states that the safety 
pilot must be rated in category
   <SNIP>
Chris Zavatson...N91CZ....L360std


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