What are P1/ P1 u/s /P2 hours?

[davepearsall]

Excuse my ignorance. I've noticed people talk about relative experience and express time is P1 or P1u/s or P2 hours.

I've got hours on a PA28 and PA34 (twin) so am wondering what these hours are logged as on an application form.

Thanks in advance.

[mad_jock]

P1 is PIC and its when you signed the techlog as PIC

P2 is co-pilot on a multicrew aircraft unless you have been working for an AOC holder with CAA approval its impossible to log this on a single pilot aircraft.

P1U/S is PICUS which can only be logged during a skills test which is successful with an examiner. This does not include club check outs or anything else you have done with a plain instructor sitting next to you. It can only be logged for rating and license flight exams.

P1U/S or PICUS can also be logged in multicrew environment by co-pilots if several conditions are met (don't go there on this one because it can get contentious and it only really matters once you flying multicrew)

[davepearsall]

Thanks every so much!

[mad_jock]

Just make sure you don't have any club checkouts etc down as PICUS its obvious when you try and pull that one.