Gordy:
One could argue in a court of law...
Exactly. And who wants to do that
before getting your rating? Nobody. Get the rating first and then do your arguing afterward.
It's like that bit about logging pilot flight time. I know...and I mean I *KNOW* that I could make a good argument in court that once the rotor blades of a helicopter (i.e. the
wings) are moving the airframe and therefore aircraft can be considered to be moving and thus pilot flight time begins at rotor start-up. And I'd love to get to make that argument just to see what an impartial judge would say. The logic of the argument is inescapable...except, it seems to that idiotic woman in the FAA's legal department who doesn't know a helicopter from a heliconia.
But that's neither here nor there. Flip the coin, Victor 'Ugo! But if I were you, I'd just get the 30 hours.