Originally Posted by
Squawk7700
Mate told me he knows someone who got "pinged" for flying in the right seat (PPL) with his mate who doesn't fly in the left so he can get a feel for it. Raises the question for me... I thought the left seat was the command seat and the pilot must sit in it, but I can't find a reference to it in the regs via google etc. I know Commercially you can definitely switch over. Anyone able to search better than me or know the reg from memory? Thanks!
No requirement for the PIC even to be in the cockpit, which maybe the case on a long haul flight with the PIC in the cot fast asleep.
Some flight manuals require a specific seating arrangements for a pilot for access to switches etc, may or may nor specify the PIC.
You cannot have a "PIC in LHS rule" as poses a number of questions for single place aircraft, helicopters, and tandem aircraft.
No such rule exists.