Holy Smoke!
This thread reads like a script from that famous American sitcom 'Soap' . Confused? You will be!
I am a low hours PPL holder and already have enough problems trying to fill in my logbook correctly after a 45 minute sortie in the local area - there seems to be more crossing out and tippexing in it than in my old school exercise books.
It seems to me that the guidance contained in GID44 is fairly clear - as far as it goes - but various people both within the CAA and elsewhere have then applied their own interpretations on how to record flight time that does not easily fit within those guidelines, such as club 'check rides'.
The question must be, does the term 'check ride' mean "pilot under instruction for conversion to an aircraft type within an aircraft rating group or class"? If it does then according to GID44 it shall be recorded as P/UT and entered in the dual column. If it is not defined as such then surely in an aircraft intended for single pilot operation the person being 'checked-out' should be able to record it as P1. The P1 U/S description is only to be used where the pilot has successfully passed a flight test for a licence or rating.
I would quite like to know what precisely it should be recorded as, since I have just done a 1 hour check ride onto a new aircraft and do not want a load more tippex in my logbook!