Well, Ive been watching this thread evolve with great amusement and remember the last time it was debated about six months or so ago.
M14P, you asked if someone had asked FCL....funnily enough, as I had been going to lots of different clubs and getting conflicting information I did ask FCL this question. I posted an account of what I was told over the phone then and Ill do it again. So, as posted last time.......
.. I later called the CAA and was told the following:
1. Your Logbook is your own personal record.
2. P1/s is ONLY for a flight test with an Examiner, Eg for your PPL, IR, Twin Rating etc. You total these hours as SOLO.
3. If, when you have a PPL, you fly with an Instructor on a check-out, if he is TRAINING you on a new aeroplane type, ie he demonstrates something to you and touches the controls etc. Then you are PUT and the hours are DUAL.
4. If, when you have a PPL, you have flown this aeroplane type before and YOU are demonstrating to the instructor you can fly the club aeroplane OK, ie he does NOT touch the controls during the flight, then you can log the flight as P1 for yourself.
The guy I spoke to at the CAA said himself that this is a grey area and summed up by saying only one person can log the flight as P1, but alot of pilots are cheating themselves out of P1 hours.
....And I would also like to add that the last time I posted this I was severely flamed, so do FCL personnel still not know what they are talking about, as I was informed by a few of you last time??
....SD dons flak jacket in advance this time and goes to hide in his cellar awaiting incoming.....
