LA
In a single pilot aircraft the pilot is the one who is licensed to fly the aircraft.
Even if he hands the controls to an unlicensed PAX he surely still remains the pilot and able to take back control if he sees fit.
If the said pilot hands control to the autopilot he is still piloting the aircraft so MAYBE ?? in the same way if he lets the PAX hold the controls the pilot is still the pilot.
As in all these scenarios all is fine till its not fine ie an accident occurs. Should the pilot guide the PAX through a landing and it goes wrong who is the pilot the guiding pilot who is still controlling the aircraft albeit through the hands of a PAX or the PAX?
As with all grey areas the closer you get to the line between grey and white the bigger danger of crossing that line or being deemed to have crossed that line.
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 1st Jan 2013 at 19:32.