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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–19 Edition) 

§ 121.387 

certificate or the airplane Flight Man-
ual approved for that type airplane and 
required by this part for the kind of op-
eration being conducted. 

(b) In any case in which this part re-

quires the performance of two or more 
functions for which an airman certifi-
cate 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 com-
mand and the other second in com-
mand. 

(d) On each flight requiring a flight 

engineer at least one flight crew-
member, other than the flight engi-
neer, must be qualified to provide 
emergency performance of the flight 
engineer’s functions for the safe com-
pletion of the flight if the flight engi-
neer becomes ill or is otherwise inca-
pacitated. A pilot need not hold a 
flight engineer’s certificate to perform 
the flight engineer’s functions in such 
a situation. 

[Doc. No. 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] 

§ 121.387

Flight engineer. 

No certificate holder may operate an 

airplane for which a type certificate 
was issued before January 2, 1964, hav-
ing a maximum certificated takeoff 
weight of more than 80,000 pounds with-
out a flight crewmember holding a cur-
rent flight engineer certificate. For 
each airplane type certificated after 
January 1, 1964, the requirement for a 
flight engineer is determined under the 
type certification requirements of 
§ 25.1523. 

[Doc. No. 5025, 30 FR 6067, Apr. 29, 1965] 

§ 121.389

Flight navigator and special-

ized navigation equipment. 

(a) No certificate holder may operate 

an airplane outside the 48 contiguous 
States and the District of Columbia, 
when its position cannot be reliably 
fixed for a period of more than 1 hour, 
without— 

(1) A flight crewmember who holds a 

current flight navigator certificate; or 

(2) Specialized means of navigation 

approved in accordance with § 121.355 
which enables a reliable determination 
to be made of the position of the air-
plane by each pilot seated at his duty 
station. 

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of 

this section, the Administrator may 
also require a flight navigator or spe-
cial navigation equipment, or both, 
when specialized means of navigation 
are necessary for 1 hour or less. In 
making this determination, the Admin-
istrator considers— 

(1) The speed of the airplane; 
(2) Normal weather conditions en 

route; 

(3) Extent of air traffic control; 
(4) Traffic congestion; 
(5) Area of navigational radio cov-

erage at destination; 

(6) Fuel requirements; 
(7) Fuel available for return to point 

of departure or alternates; 

(8) Predication of flight upon oper-

ation beyond the point of no return; 
and 

(9) Any other factors he determines 

are relevant in the interest of safety. 

(c) Operations where a flight navi-

gator or special navigation equipment, 
or both, are required are specified in 
the operations specifications of the air 
carrier or commercial operator. 

[Doc. No. 10204, 37 FR 6464, Mar. 30, 1972, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–178, 47 FR 13316, Mar. 
29, 1982] 

§ 121.391

Flight attendants. 

(a) Except as specified in § 121.393 and 

§ 121.394, each certificate holder must 
provide at least the following flight at-
tendants on board each passenger-car-
rying airplane when passengers are on 
board: 

(1) For airplanes having a maximum 

payload capacity of more than 7,500 
pounds and having a seating capacity 
of more than 9 but less than 51 pas-
sengers—one flight attendant. 

(2) For airplanes having a maximum 

payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less 
and having a seating capacity of more 
than 19 but less than 51 passengers— 
one flight attendant. 

(3) For airplanes having a seating ca-

pacity of more than 50 but less than 101 
passengers—two flight attendants. 

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