the Instructor can not log anything?. And he may be hours-building,
Why should an instructor get to log flying time, as well as being paid, while flying with a fully qualified pilot for the purpose of a 30 day check flight? It is not the duty of pilots at large to pay for a check flight
and fund the "hours building" of a candidate ATPL pilot, who probably sat there and never touched the controls.
We concluded on another thread that there is no "P2" in a GA SEP private flight, so what does the "instructor" to a qualified pilot during such a flight log anyway? When I fly as a mentor pilot to a qualified pilot in an SEP, ('cause I'm not an instructor), I do not log any flight time during that flight - why would anyone else?
I accept that a qualified instructor to a non pilot student in an SEP flight is "flying" the aircraft, and is PIC, so should take credit for that flying time. Once they are doing "checkouts" to qualified pilots - I no longer accept that idea.