Allocation of PIC vs pax hours in group flying
I regularly fly with a chap who owns a share in a group aircraft and we both share the flying.
For the purposes of insurance, administration etc, the group member is the PIC. I am qualified on type although not a member of the group and so for these purposes I count as a passenger.
The group member, being retired with something like 20,000hrs, is very happy that for the logbooks, on such flights I should take the hours as PIC instead of him, as I need all the fixed wing PIC hours I can get.
I am cautious about inking this into my logbook as my gut feeling is that there is one captain and one captain only, not one for a certain set of documents and one for another set.
This is certainly not a case of both parties claiming hours, but I still do not want the veracity of my logbook open to any doubt. This could however add a reasonable chunk to my total time.
Does anyone have any opinions (or hard facts) on this situation, please?