Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Lars.Ericson@CMU-CS-A From: Lars.Ericson%CMU-CS-A@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.aviation Subject: Re: Regulations Query - (nf) Message-ID: <2143@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 14-Jun-83 16:26:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.2143 Posted: Tue Jun 14 16:26:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 19:25:43 EDT Lines: 26 A safety pilot must be qualified to act as pilot in command of the aircraft. Student pilots cannot act as PIC when carrying passengers, so they cannot serve as safety pilots. To serve as safety pilot you have to be at least a private pilot. You must be a multiengine pilot to serve as safety pilot in a twin. You must have a high performance endorsement to serve as safety pilot in a complex or high performance airplane. The notion that a safety pilot does nothing but look for traffic is incorrect. If the pilot under the hood should become disoriented or momentarily incapacitated (e.g., he's busy throwing up due to vertigo) the safety pilot must be able to take control of the aircraft. Simiarly, if the pilot under the hood should lose control during an approach, when the aircraft is low and slow, the safety pilot has to be competent enough to rescue the situation. I was riding as a passenger once when two pilots were practicing IFR approaches at night. We came very close to an MAC (mid-air collision) with a Mitsubishi due to a screwup with ATC. The safety pilot had to take the controls and quickly institute collision avoidance procedures. People who are not qualified to act as PIC have no business serving as safety pilots. -- Dave Touretzky PS: Please add Touretzky@CMUA to the aviation mailing list.