Hi,

I would like to echo Horace's comments 100%. Pilot in Command is ALWAYS responsible. When instructing w/a buddy box, that is the instructor w/control over the buddy box switch.

I would admit the area gets cloudy when a buddy box isn't available but in this case instantaneous "command" isn't possible and having been an instructor for over 20 years I've seen everything from having the Tx thrown at me to the "Death Grip" till the plane goes in the ground. In that case where an instructor is "assisting" I view the student as responsible as he/she IS the pilot in command until that command is given to another (the instructor). As Horace said, given the legal system as it is today I'm sure somebody will want to argue this, but then again, if they couldn't argue, what fun would it be and how would they keep up their BMW payments?

Deadstik

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