C.F.R. » Title 14 » CHAPTER I—FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › SUBCHAPTER G—AIR CARRIERS AND OPERATORS FOR COMPENSATION OR HIRE: CERTIFICATION AND OPERATIONS › PART 121—OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, AND SUPPLEMENTAL OPERATIONS › Subpart M—Airman and Crewmember Requirements

14 C.F.R. § 121.385

Composition of flight crew

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(a) No certificate holder may operate an airplane with less than the minimum flight crew in the airworthiness certificate or the airplane Flight Manual approved for that type airplane and required by this part for the kind of operation being conducted.

(b) In any case in which this part requires the performance of two or more functions for which an airman certificate 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 command and the other second in command.

(d) On each flight requiring a flight engineer at least one flight crewmember, other than the flight engineer, must be qualified to provide emergency performance of the flight engineer's functions for the safe completion of the flight if the flight engineer becomes ill or is otherwise incapacitated. A pilot need not hold a flight engineer's certificate to perform the flight engineer's functions in such a situation.

[Docket 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]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1976–1982 · leading case: Mason v. Comm'r, 44 T.C.M. 365 (Tax Ct. 1982).
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Mason v. Comm'r, 44 T.C.M. 365 (Tax Ct. 1982). · cites it 2× “Mason was partially reimbursed for such expense by the VA during 1976, he is not, in any event, entitled to deduct such expense to the extent of the reimbursement.”
McCullough v. United States, 538 F. Supp. 694 (E.D.N.Y 1982). “See 14 C.F.R. § 121.385 (1981). He was conducting a line check pursuant to Company policy and not Federal Aviation Regulations, which do not require flight check for flight engineers holding a commercial pilot certificate.”
Clemente v. United States, 422 F. Supp. 564 (D.P.R. 1976). “14 C.F.R. 121.385(b), (c)(3); 121.387. 10 .”
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Clemente v. United States, 422 F. Supp. 564 (D.P.R. 1976). “14 C.F.R. 121.385(b), (c)(3); 121.387. 10 .”
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