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§ 121.463 

and the visibility at that airport is at 
least 3 miles. 

(d) No certificate holder may use any 

person, nor may any person serve, as 
pilot in command between terminals 
over a route or area that requires a 
special type of navigation qualification 
unless, within the preceding 12 cal-
endar months, that person has dem-
onstrated qualification on the applica-
ble navigation system in a manner ac-
ceptable to the Administrator, by one 
of the following methods: 

(1) By flying over a route or area as 

pilot in command using the applicable 
special type of navigation system. 

(2) By flying over a route or area as 

pilot in command under the super-
vision of a check airman using the spe-
cial type of navigation system. 

(3) By completing the training pro-

gram requirements of appendix G of 
this part. 

[Doc. No. 17897, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980] 

§ 121.447 [Reserved] 

§ 121.453 Flight engineer qualifica-

tions. 

(a) No certificate holder may use any 

person nor may any person serve as a 
flight engineer on an airplane unless, 
within the preceding 6 calendar 
months, he has had at least 50 hours of 
flight time as a flight engineer on that 
type airplane or the certificate holder 
or the Administrator has checked him 
on that type airplane and determined 
that he is familiar and competent with 
all essential current information and 
operating procedures. 

(b) A flight check given in accord-

ance with § 121.425(a)(2) satisfies the re-
quirements of paragraph (a) of this sec-
tion. 

[Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 96, Jan. 3, 1970] 

§§ 121.455–121.459 [Reserved] 

Subpart P—Aircraft Dispatcher 

Qualifications and Duty Time 

Limitations: 

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F

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: D

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S

UPPLE

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O

PERATIONS

 

§ 121.461 Applicability. 

This subpart prescribes— 
(a) Qualifications and duty time limi-

tations for aircraft dispatchers for cer-
tificate holders conducting domestic 
flag operations; and 

(b) Duty period limitations and rest 

requirements for flight attendants used 
by certificate holders conducting do-
mestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996] 

§ 121.463 Aircraft dispatcher qualifica-

tions. 

(a) No certificate holder conducting 

domestic or flag operations may use 
any person, nor may any person serve, 
as an aircraft dispatcher for a par-
ticular airplane group unless that per-
son has, with respect to an airplane of 
that group, satisfactorily completed 
the following: 

(1) Initial dispatcher training, except 

that a person who has satisfactorily 
completed such training for another 
type airplane of the same group need 
only complete the appropriate transi-
tion training. 

(2) Operating familiarization con-

sisting of at least 5 hours observing op-
erations under this part from the flight 
deck or, for airplanes without an ob-
server seat on the flight deck, from a 
forward passenger seat with headset or 
speaker. This requirement may be re-
duced to a minimum of 2

1

⁄

2

hours by the 

substitution of one additional takeoff 
and landing for an hour of flight. A per-
son may serve as an aircraft dispatcher 
without meeting the requirement of 
this paragraph (a) for 90 days after ini-
tial introduction of the airplane into 
operations under this part. 

(b) No certificate holder conducting 

domestic or flag operations may use 
any person, nor may any person serve,