Originally Posted by
lee_apromise
FO acting as PF logs as PIC/ICUS in FAA land. Other countries do it all the time too. Otherwise, how do you get ATPL if you got an airline job after getting your CPL? Don't know about Australia.
Not true. If you look at all the recruiting pages for FedEx, Delta, UPS etc pretty much all the decent companies only accept PIC time from 121 operators when you were actually left side captain/signing for the aircraft. They don't recognize FO time logged as PIC.