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§ 121.385
airman certificate and medical certifi-
cate privileges under an approved cer-
tificate verification plan set forth in
the certificate holder’s operations
specifications. A document provided by
the certificate holder may be carried as
an airman certificate or medical cer-
tificate on flights within the United
States for up to 72 hours.
(d) No certificate holder may use the
services of any person as a pilot on an
airplane engaged in operations under
this part if that person has reached his
or her 65th birthday.
(e) No pilot may serve as a pilot in
operations under this part if that per-
son has reached his or her 65th birth-
day.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19212, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–144, 43 FR 22646, May
25, 1978; Amdt. 121–344, 74 FR 34234, July 15,
2009; Amdt. 121–372, 80 FR 33401, June 12, 2015;
Amdt. 121–381, 83 FR 30282, June 27, 2018]
§ 121.385 Composition of flight crew.
(a) No certificate holder may operate
an airplane with less than the min-
imum flight crew in the airworthiness
certificate or the airplane Flight Man-
ual approved for that type airplane and
required by this part for the kind of op-
eration being conducted.
(b) In any case in which this part re-
quires the performance of two or more
functions for which an airman certifi-
cate is necessary, that requirement is
not satisfied by the performance of
multiple functions at the same time by
one airman.
(c) The minimum pilot crew is two
pilots and the certificate holder shall
designate one pilot as pilot in com-
mand and the other second in com-
mand.
(d) On each flight requiring a flight
engineer at least one flight crew-
member, other than the flight engi-
neer, must be qualified to provide
emergency performance of the flight
engineer’s functions for the safe com-
pletion of the flight if the flight engi-
neer becomes ill or is otherwise inca-
pacitated. A pilot need not hold a
flight engineer’s certificate to perform
the flight engineer’s functions in such
a situation.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19212, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar.
29, 1982; Amdt. 121–256, 61 FR 30434, June 14,
1996]
§ 121.387 Flight engineer.
No certificate holder may operate an
airplane for which a type certificate
was issued before January 2, 1964, hav-
ing a maximum certificated takeoff
weight of more than 80,000 pounds with-
out a flight crewmember holding a cur-
rent flight engineer certificate. For
each airplane type certificated after
January 1, 1964, the requirement for a
flight engineer is determined under the
type certification requirements of
§ 25.1523.
[Doc. No. 5025, 30 FR 6067, Apr. 29, 1965]
§ 121.389 Flight navigator and special-
ized navigation equipment.
(a) No certificate holder may operate
an airplane outside the 48 contiguous
States and the District of Columbia,
when its position cannot be reliably
fixed for a period of more than 1 hour,
without—
(1) A flight crewmember who holds a
current flight navigator certificate; or
(2) Specialized means of navigation
approved in accordance with § 121.355
which enables a reliable determination
to be made of the position of the air-
plane by each pilot seated at his duty
station.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of
this section, the Administrator may
also require a flight navigator or spe-
cial navigation equipment, or both,
when specialized means of navigation
are necessary for 1 hour or less. In
making this determination, the Admin-
istrator considers—
(1) The speed of the airplane;
(2) Normal weather conditions en
route;
(3) Extent of air traffic control;
(4) Traffic congestion;
(5) Area of navigational radio cov-
erage at destination;
(6) Fuel requirements;
(7) Fuel available for return to point
of departure or alternates;
(8) Predication of flight upon oper-
ation beyond the point of no return;
and
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§ 121.393
(9) Any other factors he determines
are relevant in the interest of safety.
(c) Operations where a flight navi-
gator or special navigation equipment,
or both, are required are specified in
the operations specifications of the air
carrier or commercial operator.
[Doc. No. 10204, 37 FR 6464, Mar. 30, 1972, as
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar.
29, 1982]
§ 121.391 Flight attendants.
(a) Except as specified in § 121.393 and
§ 121.394, each certificate holder must
provide at least the following flight at-
tendants on board each passenger-car-
rying airplane when passengers are on
board:
(1) For airplanes having a maximum
payload capacity of more than 7,500
pounds and having a seating capacity
of more than 9 but less than 51 pas-
sengers—one flight attendant.
(2) For airplanes having a maximum
payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less
and having a seating capacity of more
than 19 but less than 51 passengers—
one flight attendant.
(3) For airplanes having a seating ca-
pacity of more than 50 but less than 101
passengers—two flight attendants.
(4) For airplanes having a seating ca-
pacity of more than 100 passengers—
two flight attendants plus one addi-
tional flight attendant for each unit
(or part of a unit) of 50 passenger seats
above a seating capacity of 100 pas-
sengers.
(b) If, in conducting the emergency
evacuation demonstration required
under § 121.291 (a) or (b), the certificate
holder used more flight attendants
than is required under paragraph (a) of
this section for the maximum seating
capacity of the airplane used in the
demonstration, he may not, thereafter,
take off that airplane—
(1) In its maximum seating capacity
configuration with fewer flight attend-
ants than the number used during the
emergency evacuation demonstration;
or
(2) In any reduced seating capacity
configuration with fewer flight attend-
ants than the number required by para-
graph (a) of this section for that seat-
ing capacity plus the number of flight
attendants used during the emergency
evacuation demonstration that were in
excess of those required under para-
graph (a) of this section.
(c) The number of flight attendants
approved under paragraphs (a) and (b)
of this section are set forth in the cer-
tificate holder’s operations specifica-
tions.
(d) During takeoff and landing, flight
attendants required by this section
shall be located as near as practicable
to required floor level exits and shall
be uniformly distributed throughout
the airplane in order to provide the
most effective egress of passengers in
event of an emergency evacuation.
During taxi, flight attendants required
by this section must remain at their
duty stations with safety belts and
shoulder harnesses fastened except to
perform duties related to the safety of
the airplane and its occupants.
[Doc. No. 2033, 30 FR 3206, Mar. 9, 1965]
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: For F
EDERAL
R
EGISTER
ci-
tations affecting § 121.391, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at
www.govinfo.gov.
§ 121.392 Personnel identified as flight
attendants.
(a) Any person identified by the cer-
tificate holder as a flight attendant on
an aircraft in operations under this
part must be trained and qualified in
accordance with subparts N and O of
this part. This includes:
(1) Flight attendants provided by the
certificate holder in excess of the num-
ber required by § 121.391(a); and
(2) Flight attendants provided by the
certificate holder when flight attend-
ants are not required by § 121.391(a).
(b) A qualifying flight attendant who
is receiving operating experience on an
aircraft in operations under subpart O
of this part must be identified to pas-
sengers as a qualifying flight attend-
ant.
[Doc. No. FAA–2008–0677, 78 FR 67836, Nov. 12,
2013]
§ 121.393 Crewmember requirements
at stops where passengers remain
on board.
At stops where passengers remain on
board, the certificate holder must meet
the following requirements:
(a) On each airplane for which a
flight attendant is not required by