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§ 121.527
scheduled for duty aloft for a total of
not more than 20 hours within 30 con-
secutive days in two-pilot crews (with
or without additional flight crew-
members) are those set forth in
§ 121.523.
(e) The flight time limitations for a
pilot assigned to each of two-pilot,
two-pilot and additional flight crew-
member, and three-pilot and additional
flight crewmember crews in 30 consecu-
tive days, and who is not subject to
paragraph (b), (c), or (d) of this section,
are those listed in § 121.523.
§ 121.527 Fatigue risk management
system.
(a) No certificate holder may exceed
any provision of this subpart unless ap-
proved by the FAA under a Fatigue
Risk Management System.
(b) The Fatigue Risk Management
System must include:
(1) A fatigue risk management pol-
icy.
(2) An education and awareness train-
ing program.
(3) A fatigue reporting system.
(4) A system for monitoring
flightcrew fatigue.
(5) An incident reporting process.
(6) A performance evaluation.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4,
2012]
Subpart T—Flight Operations
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec.
31, 1964, unless otherwise noted.
§ 121.531 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes requirements
for flight operations applicable to all
certificate holders, except where other-
wise specified.
§ 121.533 Responsibility for oper-
ational control: Domestic oper-
ations.
(a) Each certificate holder con-
ducting domestic operations is respon-
sible for operational control.
(b) The pilot in command and the air-
craft dispatcher are jointly responsible
for the preflight planning, delay, and
dispatch release of a flight in compli-
ance with this chapter and operations
specifications.
(c) The aircraft dispatcher is respon-
sible for—
(1) Monitoring the progress of each
flight;
(2) Issuing necessary information for
the safety of the flight; and
(3) Cancelling or redispatching a
flight if, in his opinion or the opinion
of the pilot in command, the flight can-
not operate or continue to operate
safely as planned or released.
(d) Each pilot in command of an air-
craft is, during flight time, in com-
mand of the aircraft and crew and is re-
sponsible for the safety of the pas-
sengers, crewmembers, cargo, and air-
plane.
(e) Each pilot in command has full
control and authority in the operation
of the aircraft, without limitation,
over other crewmembers and their du-
ties during flight time, whether or not
he holds valid certificates authorizing
him to perform the duties of those
crewmembers.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2613, Jan.
26, 1996]
§ 121.535 Responsibility for oper-
ational control: Flag operations.
(a) Each certificate holder con-
ducting flag operations is responsible
for operational control.
(b) The pilot in command and the air-
craft dispatcher are jointly responsible
for the preflight planning, delay, and
dispatch release of a flight in compli-
ance with this chapter and operations
specifications.
(c) The aircraft dispatcher is respon-
sible for—
(1) Monitoring the progress of each
flight;
(2) Issuing necessary instructions and
information for the safety of the flight;
and
(3) Cancelling or redispatching a
flight if, in his opinion or the opinion
of the pilot in command, the flight can-
not operate or continue to operate
safely as planned or released.
(d) Each pilot in command of an air-
craft is, during flight time, in com-
mand of the aircraft and crew and is re-
sponsible for the safety of the pas-
sengers, crewmembers, cargo, and air-
plane.
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§ 121.541
(e) Each pilot in command has full
control and authority in the operation
of the aircraft, without limitation,
over other crewmembers and their du-
ties during flight time, whether or not
he holds valid certificates authorizing
him to perform the duties of those
crewmembers.
(f) No pilot may operate an aircraft
in a careless or reckless manner so as
to endanger life or property.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2613, Jan.
26, 1996]
§ 121.537 Responsibility for oper-
ational control: Supplemental oper-
ations.
(a) Each certificate holder con-
ducting supplemental operations—
(1) Is responsible for operational con-
trol; and
(2) Shall list each person authorized
by it to exercise operational control in
its operator’s manual.
(b) The pilot in command and the di-
rector of operations are jointly respon-
sible for the initiation, continuation,
diversion, and termination of a flight
in compliance with this chapter and
the operations specifications. The di-
rector of operations may delegate the
functions for the initiation, continu-
ation, diversion, and termination of a
flight but he may not delegate the re-
sponsibility for those functions.
(c) The director of operations is re-
sponsible for cancelling, diverting, or
delaying a flight if in his opinion or the
opinion of the pilot in command the
flight cannot operate or continue to
operate safely as planned or released.
The director of operations is respon-
sible for assuring that each flight is
monitored with respect to at least the
following:
(1) Departure of the flight from the
place of origin and arrival at the place
of destination, including intermediate
stops and any diversions therefrom.
(2) Maintenance and mechanical
delays encountered at places of origin
and destination and intermediate
stops.
(3) Any known conditions that may
adversely affect the safety of flight.
(d) Each pilot in command of an air-
craft is, during flight time, in com-
mand of the aircraft and crew and is re-
sponsible for the safety of the pas-
sengers, crewmembers, cargo, and air-
craft. The pilot in command has full
control and authority in the operation
of the aircraft, without limitation,
over other crewmembers and their du-
ties during flight time, whether or not
he holds valid certificates authorizing
him to perform the duties of those
crewmembers.
(e) Each pilot in command of an air-
craft is responsible for the preflight
planning and the operation of the
flight in compliance with this chapter
and the operations specifications.
(f) No pilot may operate an aircraft,
in a careless or reckless manner, so as
to endanger life or property.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19219, Dec. 31, 1964, as
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2613, Jan.
26, 1996]
§ 121.538 Aircraft security.
Certificate holders conducting oper-
ations under this part must comply
with the applicable security require-
ments in 49 CFR chapter XII.
[67 FR 8350, Feb. 22, 2002]
§ 121.539 Operations notices.
Each certificate holder shall notify
its appropriate operations personnel of
each change in equipment and oper-
ating procedures, including each
known change in the use of navigation
aids, airports, air traffic control proce-
dures and regulations, local airport
traffic control rules, and known haz-
ards to flight, including icing and other
potentially hazardous meteorological
conditions and irregularities in ground
and navigation facilities.
§ 121.541 Operations schedules: Do-
mestic and flag operations.
In establishing flight operations
schedules, each certificate holder con-
ducting domestic or flag operations
shall allow enough time for the proper
servicing of aircraft at intermediate
stops, and shall consider the prevailing
winds en route and the cruising speed
of the type of aircraft used. This cruis-
ing speed may not be more than that
resulting from the specified cruising
output of the engines.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2613, Jan. 26, 1996]