When am I P2 and when am I passenger?
In terms of logging time, if I am sitting in the right hand seat, what determines if I am flying as P2, or merely a passenger? (I am a PPL). Thinking this through the other day it would make sense that I am P2 when either:
- I am competent and qualified to fly the aircraft
- I am under instruction with a qualified instructor
otherwise presumably I am not P2 but just a passenger?
I ask because I have recently flown in the right hand seat of a couple of aircraft with variable pitch propellers which I am not qualified to fly solo. In both cases I took the controls for a while (when up at a safe height) and assisted with navigation. Neither of these was an instructional flight ie the P1 was not a qualified instructor.