Who's flyin' this thing? | IFR (September, 2007)

Who's flyin' this thing?(READBACK)(Letter to the editor)
Publication Date: 01-SEP-07
Publication Title: IFR
Format: Online
Author: DeWald, John ; Lineberger, Adrian S.

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I must disagree with some of Mr. Van West's comments in "Pilot, Not Flying" (July 2007 IFR).

I have flown under FAR Parts 121 and 135 in two-crew aircraft and am familiar with Pilot-Flying (PF) and Pilot-not-Flying (PNF) duties. In order for any pilot to perform PNF duties, there must first be a PR On Van West's trip to Portland in the Cirrus, he states that he was "close" to acting as PNF, which raises the...

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