Section 121.387

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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.
[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]

Section 121.387

Flight engineer.

No certificate holder may operate an
airplane for which a type certificate
was issued before January 2, 1964, having a maximum certificated takeoff
weight of more than 80,000 pounds without a flight crewmember holding a current 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
Section 25.1523.
[Doc. No. 5025, 30 FR 6067, Apr. 29, 1965]

Section 121.389 Flight navigator and specialized 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 Section 121.355
which enables a reliable determination
to be made of the position of the airplane by each pilot seated at his duty
station.
(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of
this section, the Administrator may
also require a flight navigator or special navigation equipment, or both,
when specialized means of navigation
are necessary for 1 hour or less. In
making this determination, the Administrator 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 coverage at destination;
(6) Fuel requirements;
(7) Fuel available for return to point
of departure or alternates;
(8) Predication of flight upon operation 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 navigator 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]

Section 121.391

Flight attendants.

(a) Except as specified in Section 121.393 and
Section 121.394, each certificate holder must
provide at least the following flight attendants on board each passenger-carrying 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 passengers - 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 capacity of more than 50 but less than 101
passengers - two flight attendants.

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