As some of you know, I'm off to LA in April to do some flying. I've arranged to do the B206 conversion and some flying with the chap who does Traffic Watch (Chuck someone-or-other) who Flying Lawyer and others have flown with. What I need to know is what the CAA says about hours gained that way. I need another 95.6 hours before I can do an instructors course in the UK. They don't necessarily have to be PIC; I have nearly enough of those anyway. I've asked around, and heard everything from "The CAA aren't going to know are they?" to "You can't log them as P1" to "The CAA probably know the registration of that helicopter by now, so will they allow them at all?".
I'm not desperately worried, as it's a cheap way to learn to fly a B206 anyway, and sounds like lots of fun. But since I do need the hours, does anyone know what the situation is. I don't want to ask the CAA directly, as I'm not sure I should draw their attention to a situation they just possibly don't know about. <img src="eek.gif" border="0">
By the way, if anyone fancies meeting up when I'm over there, e-mail me.