From: VTAILJEFF@aol.com
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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 17:11:39 EST
Subject: Re: Re First Flight Questions
To: lancair.list@olsusa.com
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Brent,

A check ride for purposes of receiving a new or additional reating or 
certificate is not instruction. A Biennial Flight Review IAW FAR 61.56 is 
considered to be flight instruction. Flight training is defined in FAR 61.1 
is training received from an authorized instructor in flight in an aircraft. 
A CFI may sit in the right (or left) seat and not exercise the priveleges of 
his/ her certificate. In that case no there would be no logbook entry in 
either persons' logbook reflecting instruction. If there was an entry in a 
logbook, then some instruction was going on. 

If there is an accident, then the FAA and NTSB generally regards the person 
with the most ratings as the PIC. BTW, FAR 91 does not require a PIC for 
flights conducted under Part 91. If more than one pilot is in the cockpit it 
is advisable to agree before the flight who is going to be the PIC. If the 
agreement is in writing then it is more difficult after an accident to have 
one person or the other deny responsibility as PIC. 

If flight instruction is being conducted, the FAA regards the CFI as PIC 
unless there is an agreement before the flight that the student is the PIC.

Jeff Edwards
CFI, DPE
  
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