FFF, can I clarify that at least for
every time you're in the a/c
yourself then it's logged as P1? In a different situation you could be sitting next to a captain and operating as PF yet he/she gets P1 because he/she is the commander? I understand what you're saying about my instructor getting P1 time despite not touching the controls, so that must be the time I'm P/UT. The reason I came out with sole manipulator of controls, depsite the fact that it rang a bell from a CAA document somewhere
is for the situation covering flying with passengers at GA level, I'm not in the a/c on my own, but nobody else is touching the controls except me. Thanks for pointing that out, I'd like to reiterate that I'm anything but an authority on this type of issue, just thought that part of the question looked simple enough to answer, but that'll teach me for thinking anything to do with logging flight time is simple
Thanks again for the pointer. Hope andyg has his question answered, don't want to highjack his post.