Originally Posted by Bigglesthefrog
I get a dual check with an instructor
A 'dual check' is not a regulatory licensing requirement therefore it is not a requirement for the individual conducting the check to even hold a valid licence let alone an instructor rating. The owner or operator makes up her/his 'dual check' rules as she/he sees fit, not the licensing authority. In the absence of a definition, a 'dual check' is not training (therefore cannot be PUT) nor examination (therefore cannot be PICUS). In a single pilot aircraft a pilot undergoing a 'dual check' can only be PIC or SNY. There can be only one PIC so determine who it is to be before the flight.
From ANO 2009 Schedule 7:
The holder may not fly as pilot in command of such an aeroplane carrying passengers unless within the preceding 90 days the holder has made at least three take-offs and three landings as the sole manipulator of the controls of an aeroplane of the same type or class.
If during the preceding 90 days the holder has not made at least three take-offs and three landings as the sole manipulator of the controls she/he may only fly with another required crew member which can only be an FI (thus being under training and logging PUT) or an FE (thus being under training and logging PUT or under successful examination and logging PICUS).