...Other CAAs in europe are much more restrictive on that and allow PICUS recording only in special programs...
Denti,
I am not disagreeing with you. I thought that was what I had said - just in a more 'encompassing' way in that a Company's Ops Manuals need to be approved by their Competent Authority.
Of course a Pilot could find some difficulties if their (personal) Licensing Competent Authority is different (and has different interpretations on Logging time) to the Competent Authority that oversees the Carrier they are working for.
My last (UK) company the FO could log PICUS as long as they had done both the landing and the take off
OhNoCB,
I do not believe this meets EASA requirements.
Being the PIC, or acting as the PIC, means making Command Decisions.
Even if it is accepted that flying a Take Off or a Landing counts as acting as PIC - What about before the Take Off, between the Take Off and the Landing and after the Landing?
Were the FOs claiming the whole flight as PICUS?