Comments on: "acting in any capacity other than as a passenger" http://lahso.megginson.com/2007/05/01/acting-in-any-capacity-other-than-as-a-passenger/ Flying a small plane. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 03:36:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: david http://lahso.megginson.com/2007/05/01/acting-in-any-capacity-other-than-as-a-passenger/#comment-475 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:11:20 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso/2007/05/01/acting-in-any-capacity-other-than-as-a-passenger/#comment-475 That sounds pretty brutal. You’d have to think hard about risking your career with a ham-fisted student who might porpoise the plane off the runway and bend the prop (for example).

]]> By: Aviatrix http://lahso.megginson.com/2007/05/01/acting-in-any-capacity-other-than-as-a-passenger/#comment-474 Wed, 27 Jun 2007 16:26:47 +0000 http://www.megginson.com/blogs/lahso/2007/05/01/acting-in-any-capacity-other-than-as-a-passenger/#comment-474 I’ve noticed that in accident reports in the US the senior pilot is deemed responsible even if they were not the designated PIC. It seems that with an ATPL or an instructor rating I can’t go for a flight with my PPL-friend without taking the rap for his errors.

Maybe I’ll find some examples in the database later.

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