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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition) 

§ 91.1027 

(3) The name or other positive identi-

fication of the individual approving the 
work. 

(q) Flight locating and scheduling 

procedures; and 

(r) Other procedures and policy in-

structions regarding program oper-
ations that are issued by the program 
manager or required by the Adminis-
trator. 

[Docket No. FAA–2001–10047, 68 FR 54561, 
Sept. 17, 2003, as amended by Docket No. 
FAA–2022–0912; Amdt. No. 91–368, 88 FR 34443, 
May 30, 2023] 

§ 91.1027

Recordkeeping. 

(a) Each program manager must keep 

at its principal base of operations or at 
other places approved by the Adminis-
trator, and must make available for in-
spection by the Administrator all of 
the following: 

(1) The program manager’s manage-

ment specifications. 

(2) A current list of the aircraft used 

or available for use in operations under 
this subpart, the operations for which 
each is equipped (for example, RNP5/10, 
RVSM.). 

(3) An individual record of each pilot 

used in operations under this subpart, 
including the following information: 

(i) The full name of the pilot. 
(ii) The pilot certificate (by type and 

number) and ratings that the pilot 
holds. 

(iii) The pilot’s aeronautical experi-

ence in sufficient detail to determine 
the pilot’s qualifications to pilot air-
craft in operations under this subpart. 

(iv) The pilot’s current duties and the 

date of the pilot’s assignment to those 
duties. 

(v) The effective date and class of the 

medical certificate that the pilot 
holds. 

(vi) The date and result of each of the 

initial and recurrent competency tests 
and proficiency checks required by this 
subpart and the type of aircraft flown 
during that test or check. 

(vii) The pilot’s flight time in suffi-

cient detail to determine compliance 
with the flight time limitations of this 
subpart. 

(viii) The pilot’s check pilot author-

ization, if any. 

(ix) Any action taken concerning the 

pilot’s release from employment for 

physical or professional disqualifica-
tion; and 

(x) The date of the satisfactory com-

pletion of initial, transition, upgrade, 
and differences training and each re-
current training phase required by this 
subpart. 

(4) An individual record for each 

flight attendant used in operations 
under this subpart, including the fol-
lowing information: 

(i) The full name of the flight attend-

ant, and 

(ii) The date and result of training 

required by § 91.1063, as applicable. 

(5) A current list of all fractional 

owners and associated aircraft. This 
list or a reference to its location must 
be included in the management speci-
fications and should be of sufficient de-
tail to determine the minimum frac-
tional ownership interest of each air-
craft. 

(b) Each program manager must keep 

each record required by paragraph 
(a)(2) of this section for at least 6 
months, and must keep each record re-
quired by paragraphs (a)(3) and (a)(4) of 
this section for at least 12 months. 
When an employee is no longer em-
ployed or affiliated with the program 
manager or fractional owner, each 
record required by paragraphs (a)(3) 
and (a)(4) of this section must be re-
tained for at least 12 months. 

(c) Each program manager is respon-

sible for the preparation and accuracy 
of a load manifest in duplicate con-
taining information concerning the 
loading of the aircraft. The manifest 
must be prepared before each takeoff 
and must include— 

(1) The number of passengers; 
(2) The total weight of the loaded air-

craft; 

(3) The maximum allowable takeoff 

weight for that flight; 

(4) The center of gravity limits; 
(5) The center of gravity of the load-

ed aircraft, except that the actual cen-
ter of gravity need not be computed if 
the aircraft is loaded according to a 
loading schedule or other approved 
method that ensures that the center of 
gravity of the loaded aircraft is within 
approved limits. In those cases, an 
entry must be made on the manifest in-
dicating that the center of gravity is 

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§ 91.1033 

within limits according to a loading 
schedule or other approved method; 

(6) The registration number of the 

aircraft or flight number; 

(7) The origin and destination; and 
(8) Identification of crewmembers 

and their crew position assignments. 

(d) The pilot in command of the air-

craft for which a load manifest must be 
prepared must carry a copy of the com-
pleted load manifest in the aircraft to 
its destination. The program manager 
must keep copies of completed load 
manifest for at least 30 days at its prin-
cipal operations base, or at another lo-
cation used by it and approved by the 
Administrator. 

(e) Each program manager is respon-

sible for providing a written document 
that states the name of the entity hav-
ing operational control on that flight 
and the part of this chapter under 
which the flight is operated. The pilot 
in command of the aircraft must carry 
a copy of the document in the aircraft 
to its destination. The program man-
ager must keep a copy of the document 
for at least 30 days at its principal op-
erations base, or at another location 
used by it and approved by the Admin-
istrator. 

(f) Records may be kept either in 

paper or other form acceptable to the 
Administrator. 

(g) Program managers that are also 

certificated to operate under part 121 
or 135 of this chapter may satisfy the 
recordkeeping requirements of this sec-
tion and of § 91.1113 with records main-
tained to fulfill equivalent obligations 
under part 121 or 135 of this chapter. 

[Docket No. FAA–2001–10047, 68 FR 54561, 
Sept. 17, 2003, as amended by Docket FAA– 
2016–9154, Amdt. 91–348, 82 FR 39664, Aug. 22, 
2017] 

§ 91.1029

Flight scheduling and locat-

ing requirements. 

(a) Each program manager must es-

tablish and use an adequate system to 
schedule and release program aircraft. 

(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(d) of this section, each program man-
ager must have adequate procedures es-
tablished for locating each flight, for 
which a flight plan is not filed, that— 

(1) Provide the program manager 

with at least the information required 
to be included in a VFR flight plan; 

(2) Provide for timely notification of 

an FAA facility or search and rescue 
facility, if an aircraft is overdue or 
missing; and 

(3) Provide the program manager 

with the location, date, and estimated 
time for reestablishing radio or tele-
phone communications, if the flight 
will operate in an area where commu-
nications cannot be maintained. 

(c) Flight locating information must 

be retained at the program manager’s 
principal base of operations, or at 
other places designated by the program 
manager in the flight locating proce-
dures, until the completion of the 
flight. 

(d) The flight locating requirements 

of paragraph (b) of this section do not 
apply to a flight for which an FAA 
flight plan has been filed and the flight 
plan is canceled within 25 nautical 
miles of the destination airport. 

§ 91.1031

Pilot in command or second 

in command: Designation required. 

(a) Each program manager must des-

ignate a— 

(1) Pilot in command for each pro-

gram flight; and 

(2) Second in command for each pro-

gram flight requiring two pilots. 

(b) The pilot in command, as des-

ignated by the program manager, must 
remain the pilot in command at all 
times during that flight. 

§ 91.1033

Operating information re-

quired. 

(a) Each program manager must, for 

all program operations, provide the fol-
lowing materials, in current and appro-
priate form, accessible to the pilot at 
the pilot station, and the pilot must 
use them— 

(1) A cockpit checklist; 
(2) For multiengine aircraft or for 

aircraft with retractable landing gear, 
an emergency cockpit checklist con-
taining the procedures required by 
paragraph (c) of this section, as appro-
priate; 

(3) At least one set of pertinent aero-

nautical charts; and 

(4) For IFR operations, at least one 

set of pertinent navigational en route, 
terminal area, and instrument ap-
proach procedure charts. 

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