Thanks, Lower the Nose. FARs may allow it but if we go to the States to build hours towards JAR requirements, or to apply to companies operating under a JAA AOC, we can only claim to have those hours that were logged in accordance with JAR.
This may be why some European pilots holding both JAA and FAA licences end up keeping two log books, one for each set of regulations.
edit - in your example if the legal responsibility is shouldered by the safety pilot than the safety pilot would also be PIC in a JAA logbook, but the handling pilot then becomes either P U/T (pilot under training) or nothing, depending on the safety pilot's qualifications. If you think that's a tough deal, it's nothing compared to our ATPL knowledge exams, caa fees and avgas prices. At least we're spared the Orals!
Last edited by bfato; 10th Mar 2006 at 16:51.