Logging Time Under The Hood IMC
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Originally Posted by darkroomsource
I haven't been able to do instrument approaches in Oregon without an IFR plan.
Those aren't the only situations where that would be legal, either. As Westhawk pointed out earlier, it would also be perfect legal to do practice approaches under VFR in VMC at an airport with a tower and approach control. ATC may have a very strong *preference* that you be on an IFR clearance, and for their reasons they may not approve you to do that VFR, but that doesn't mean that it's a legal requirement to be on an IFR clearance.
Originally Posted by darkroomsource
And once I've filed an IFR plan, I'm on instrument flight rules.
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Originally Posted by Westhawk
As an ATP and CFI myself, I realize that I might be found to be at least partially responsible if anything happens while I'm aboard a light aircraft being commanded by another pilot. The precedent has been established for all practical purposes. If seated at a control position and having agreed to be a safety pilot (required crew) as either SIC or as PIC, my acceptance of responsibility is self evident. If anything happens I expect to come under FAA scrutiny regardless of any agreement I and the other pilot might have made prior to the flight. My only protection in this situation is that I act accordingly by fulfilling my responsibility to see that the flight is conducted safely and in compliance with regulations. I'm just going to presume I'm held to that standard and I'll take my naps on the ground thank you!
The other was an airline pilot who somehow wound up as a passenger in a light plane which wandered into places it wasn't supposed to. In this case he was judged to have become the PIC when he told the pilot to turn around and fly out of the airspace. Both violations were appealed to the NTSB and both were upheld.