Originally Posted by
Tasmaniac
Bizarre situation I experienced in Oz as C130 Captain. Augmented crew (3 Pilots) on a long haul mission. I am Mission Commander and Captain of the aircraft. I sign for it and log P1 'In Command' time for the entire flight. However, for a third of the flight, I sit on the bunk and the other two guys occupy the pilots seats. The pilot in the right seat (right seat qualified) is flying the sector and is sole manipulator of the controls. For that sector he logs P1. Meanwhile, the pilot in the left seat is occupying the recognized 'pilots' seat and therefore also logs P1. So all three pilots log P1 for that period of time.......!
Military rules presumably? Only one pilot can be in command, but more than one can be P1, which isn't (in the military world) synonymous.
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