FAA IR Currency in Europe via 61.57 - does safety pilot need a FAA certificate?

@NCYankee, yes it seems that you are correct. Thanks for spotting that.

It’s easy to misread the regs if one is not careful: in fact (contrary to what I wrote) 91.1 does not say that part 91 does not apply outside the US, it says that part 91 (mostly) concerns aircraft which are operating in the US:

§91.1
a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b), (c), (e), and (f) of this section and §§ 91.701 and 91.703, this part prescribes rules governing the operation of aircraft within the United States, including the waters within 3 nautical miles of the U.S. coast.

Peter wrote:

If you edit your post now you will see what I did with the quote.

I hate to ask this type of “web support” question but I’ve been desperately trying to find how to edit one of my posts (so that I can correct some of the mis-information I posted) to no avail. How does one do it?

Thank you Peter.

I would like to add the following sentence at the end of my original question, so that folks who are looking for a quick answer can read it and move on. Maybe wait a few days to see if anybody strongly disagrees with the conclusions I’m drawing and then drop it in there.

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Edit: the answer appears to be that the safety pilot must have either an FAA private pilot certificate or greater (as per 14 CFR 91.109c(1)), or a private pilot license issued by the (ICAO) country in which the flight is being performed (as per 14 CFR 61.3).

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