Well when you consider the incidents of in-flight pilot incapacitation after being coerced or forced to take the jab.
Remember the 135 pilot who lied on his medical and went into insulin shock, leaving a student pilot to land the (King Air?)
I’m still a little unclear what this rule actually does. The only safety pilot I can think of is when the other pilot is under the hood practicing IFR in VFR conditions. Fixed-wing wise where else does it apply?
Basic Med required the pilot holding the Basic Med medical clearance to be acting as
Fumble fingers: Currently, the Basic Med pilot has to act as PIC. When acting as safety pilot, they have to be PIC, so the other pilot is SIC. You can log required instrument time as SIC.
The Basic Med pilot has to be qualified in category/class, and the airplane cannot exceed the limitations of BM: 6 seats, 18,000 feet, and so on.
First FAR: If a FAR is written so a pilot understands it, it shall be rewritten.
Why would a private pilot need to know how to perform a lazy-8 or chandelle? Neither have any practical purpose, other than demonstrating mastery of those maneuvers (yes, they’re supposed to teach control precision and how all 3 axes interact with each other, but I find most pilots don’t get the connection). The only useful commercial maneuver is the steep spiral leading to a power-off 180 landing.
In the helicopter world, the commercial checkride is exactly the same as the private pilot, except to tighter tolerances. If it were up to me, I would change the private/commercial airplane checkride to also be the same, but add in the power-off 180 to both and have the commercial flown to tighter tolerances.
Just commenting on the 180 upon inadvertently hitting IMC - it makes perfect sense as it’s the proven way for a VFR-only pilot to get back to the last - and on that moment the only - known VMC in as little a minute. All someone needs to be able to do is to keep the AI centered, perform a normal level 180, and the scare for the VFR pilot is soon over. That’s why it’s part of Private Pilot training.
There seems to be some debate over whether acting as a safety pilot to someone under the hood, or being under the hood with a safety pilot, can be logged as SIC time. I have generally understood that neither can be logged as SIC. However, the safety pilot can legally act as PIC, and the person under the hood can log PIC (for purposes of instrument currency) even without acting as the legal PIC.
Amen.