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phd, I think you're wrong (or maybe I've just misunderstood you) when you say "If you were doing a checkride with someone who is not an Instructor on a group owned aircraft or similar for familiarisation purposes, I presume it would be logged as P1?"
As I understand it, the only time that more than one person can log flight time simultaneously (except on a multi-pilot aircraft) is if one of them is an instructor. So if you're doing a check-ride with someone who is not an instructor, he would be P1, and you would not be able to log the time. (Or you could log, and he couldn't, in which case you're in charge, which would seem a bit strange if he's checking you out.) (Someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)
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In response - I think you are wrong - or maybe I have misunderstood you!
If I do a check ride with another similar licence holder on a group owned aircraft which they are current on but that I have not flown before, but which my licence entitles me to fly as P1, then I would not hesitate to record this in my logbook as P1. After all the other pilot is only there to help familiarise me with the idiosyncrasies of the particular aircraft, and offer advice if there are any aspects of its operation which are significantly different from types I have flown previously. I am doing all the handling and they are not an instructor and so cannot give me any instruction. It cannot be recorded as P U/T nor as P1 U/S and therefore must be P1. The other pilot would not be able to record it at all - since he is a passenger unless I give him control! If I did give him control - he would record the time he was in control and I would record the time I was in control.
Of course if any out there knows better - please join the debate.