Originally Posted by scavenger
If the ATO/FE occupies a control seat, they are the PIC. The ATO/FE cannot be the PIC from a jump or observer seat.
Care to show me where it says you have to be in a control seat to be PIC ? as far as I am aware, you can be PIC on the jump seat, on the throne, or in the bunk.
AFAIK it s the operator that defines who the PIC is, not where they are located in the aircraft.