The holder of a valid pilot license must log as PIC time only that flight time during which he or she is-
(a) the designated PIC of the aircraft; this shall be the case also if the designated PIC provides command supervision to another pilot in terms of paragraph (b) below;
(b) PICUS, provided there is no intervention by a supervising PIC and the word “PICUSâ€ is indicated in the remarks column with an entry certified by a supervising PIC. PICUS may, irrespective of a license held, fly an aircraft from either a left hand or a right hand seat, provided that a pilot is appropriately rated and an aircraft is either certified as airworthy for multi-pilot operations or required to be operated by two pilots in terms of Part 121, 127 or 135.
(c) carrying out a student solo flight and is the sole occupant of the aircraft (except in the case of an airship requiring an additional crew member) and “SOLOâ€ is indicated in the remarks column;
(d) giving flight instruction while occupying a pilot seat with access to the controls, provided that the time must also be logged as instructor time;
(e) a SPIC and acting as PIC under the supervision of an appropriately rated flight instructor during flight training on an approved course of CPL or CPL/IR training and for a successful CPL or IR initial flight test: Provided that-
(i) the SPIC time shall not be credited as PIC time if the flight instructor had reason to influence or control any part of the flight;
(ii) a ground debriefing by the flight instructor does not affect the crediting as PIC;
(iii) SPIC time will be logged in the PIC column with ‘SPIC’ indicated in the remarks column and certified by the supervising flight instructor.