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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 61.77 

(i) Scheduled international air serv-

ices in turbojet-powered airplanes of 
U.S. registry; 

(ii) Scheduled international air serv-

ices in airplanes of U.S. registry having 
a configuration of more than nine pas-
senger seats, excluding crewmember 
seats; 

(iii) Nonscheduled international air 

transportation in airplanes of U.S. reg-
istry having a configuration of more 
than 30 passenger seats, excluding 
crewmember seats; or 

(iv) Scheduled international air serv-

ices, or nonscheduled international air 
transportation, in airplanes of U.S. 
registry having a payload capacity of 
more than 7,500 pounds. 

(b) 

Eligibility. 

To be eligible for the 

issuance or renewal of a special pur-
pose pilot authorization, an applicant 
must present the following to a Flight 
Standards office: 

(1) A foreign pilot license issued by 

the aeronautical authority of a con-
tracting State to the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation that con-
tains the appropriate aircraft category, 
class, type rating, if appropriate, and 
instrument rating for the aircraft to be 
flown; 

(2) A certification by the lessee of the 

aircraft— 

(i) Stating that the applicant is em-

ployed by the lessee; 

(ii) Specifying the aircraft type on 

which the applicant will perform pilot 
duties; and 

(iii) Stating that the applicant has 

received ground and flight instruction 
that qualifies the applicant to perform 
the duties to be assigned on the air-
craft. 

(3) Documentation showing when the 

applicant will reach the age of 65 years 
(an official copy of the applicant’s 
birth certificate or other official docu-
mentation); 

(4) Documentation the applicant 

meets the medical standards for the 
issuance of the foreign pilot license 
from the aeronautical authority of 
that contracting State to the Conven-
tion on International Civil Aviation; 
and 

(5) A statement that the applicant 

does not already hold a special purpose 
pilot authorization; however, if the ap-
plicant already holds a special purpose 

pilot authorization, then that special 
purpose pilot authorization must be 
surrendered to either the Flight Stand-
ards office that issued it, or the Flight 
Standards office processing the appli-
cation for the authorization, prior to 
being issued another special purpose 
pilot authorization. 

(c) 

Privileges. 

A person issued a spe-

cial purpose pilot authorization under 
this section— 

(1) May exercise the privileges pre-

scribed on the special purpose pilot au-
thorization; and 

(2) Must comply with the limitations 

specified in this section and any addi-
tional limitations specified on the spe-
cial purpose pilot authorization. 

(d) 

General limitations. 

A special pur-

pose pilot authorization may be used 
only— 

(1) For flights between foreign coun-

tries or for flights in foreign air com-
merce within the time period allotted 
on the authorization. 

(2) If the foreign pilot license re-

quired by paragraph (b)(1) of this sec-
tion, the medical documentation re-
quired by paragraph (b)(4) of this sec-
tion, and the special purpose pilot au-
thorization issued under this section 
are in the holder’s physical possession 
or immediately accessible in the air-
craft. 

(3) While the holder is employed by 

the person to whom the aircraft de-
scribed in the certification required by 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section is 
leased. 

(4) While the holder is performing 

pilot duties on the U.S.-registered air-
craft described in the certification re-
quired by paragraph (b)(2) of this sec-
tion. 

(5) If the holder has only one special 

purpose pilot authorization as provided 
in paragraph (b)(5) of this section. 

(e) 

Age limitation. 

No person who 

holds a special purpose pilot authoriza-
tion issued under this part may serve 
as a pilot on a civil airplane of U.S. 
registry in the following operations if 
the person has reached his or her 60th 
birthday or, in the case of operations 
with more than one pilot, his or her 
65th birthday: 

(1) Scheduled international air serv-

ices carrying passengers in turbojet- 
powered airplanes; 

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