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From: epm0@bunny.UUCP (Erik P. Mintz)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Simulated IFR question
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Date: Tue, 11-Feb-86 10:04:02 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 11 10:04:02 1986
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> I am a student pilot, endorsed for solo cross-country,
> (not really true YET, but for the sake of this question ...)
> geo has a commercial certificate with an instrument rating.
> 
> Is it legal for him to fly as PIC under the hood in VFR conditions,
> with me sitting in the right-hand seat looking out for him??

I called the local GADO on this one some time back. The answer I
got was that the safety pilot must be rated such that he COULD
act as pilot in command of the aircraft, except that he need not
be current. This is an interpretation of FAR 91.21(b)1:

       "An appropriately rated pilot occupies the other control
        seat as safety pilot."

The specific question I had was whether a private pilot
could act as safety pilot in a high performance aircraft (Mooney).
The answer was no; he had to be signed off for high performance.
I would conclude from this that student pilots can not be
safety pilot for anyone, because they can not act as pilot in
command of any aircraft with (non-CFI) passengers.

If you want a specific interpretation of your question, you could call
the local FAA. They are listed in my phone book in the US government blue
pages, under Transportation Dept., Federal Aviation..., Flight Standards
District Office (FSDO).
-- 
		Erik Mintz

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