Let's develop this a bit further, and JAA this time:
JAR–FCL 1.080 Recording of flight time:
(c) Logging of time
(1) Pilot-in-command flight time
(i) The holder of a licence may
log as pilot-in-command time all of the
flight time during which he is the pilot in-
command.
: Really helpful!
and as with FARs:
(iii) The holder of an instructor
rating may log as pilot-in-command all
flight time during which he acts as an
instructor in an aeroplane.
So I fly a proficiency test with an instructor. I am flying the aeroplane, I am current (rating has not yet expired) and qualified. I log PiC for the entire trip. This is what I have always done, and I do not believe it to be immoral or illegal.
Question though is what does the instructor log. If he is acting as an instructor, then he logs PiC. But is a proficiency check instructional flying? I have spoken to three (JAA) instructors in the last hour and they all log this as PiC (and all agree that the pilot undergoing the check can do the same.
So, FAR, or JAR, I still maintain my position. Total PiC time CAN exceed the sector time.