§ 121.445 14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–12 Edition) § 121.445 Pilot in command airport (3) By completing the training pro- qualification: Special areas and air- gram requirements of appendix G of ports. this part. (a) The Administrator may deter- [Doc. No. 17897, 45 FR 41594, June 19, 1980] mine that certain airports (due to items such as surrounding terrain, ob- § 121.447 [Reserved] structions, or complex approach or de- parture procedures) are special airports § 121.453 Flight engineer qualifica- requiring special airport qualifications tions. and that certain areas or routes, or (a) No certificate holder may use any both, require a special type of naviga- person nor may any person serve as a tion qualification. flight engineer on an airplane unless, (b) Except as provided in paragraph within the preceding 6 calendar (c) of this section, no certificate holder months, he has had at least 50 hours of may use any person, nor may any per- flight time as a flight engineer on that son serve, as pilot in command to or type airplane or the certificate holder from an airport determined to require or the Administrator has checked him special airport qualifications unless, on that type airplane and determined within the preceding 12 calendar that he is familiar and competent with months: all essential current information and (1) The pilot in command or second in operating procedures. command has made an entry to that (b) A flight check given in accord- airport (including a takeoff and land- ance with § 121.425(a)(2) satisfies the re- ing) while serving as a pilot flight quirements of paragraph (a) of this sec- crewmember; or tion. (2) The pilot in command has quali- [Doc. No. 9509, 35 FR 96, Jan. 3, 1970] fied by using pictorial means accept- able to the Administrator for that air- §§ 121.455–121.459 [Reserved] port. (c) Paragraph (b) of this section does Subpart P—Aircraft Dispatcher not apply when an entry to that air- port (including a takeoff or a landing) Qualifications and Duty Time is being made if the ceiling at that air- Limitations: DOMESTIC AND FLAG OPER- port is at least 1,000 feet above the low- ATIONS; FLIGHT ATTENDANT DUTY PE- est MEA or MOCA, or initial approach RIOD LIMITATIONS AND REST REQUIRE- altitude prescribed for the instrument MENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, AND SUPPLE- approach procedure for that airport, MENTAL OPERATIONS and the visibility at that airport is at least 3 miles. § 121.461 Applicability. (d) No certificate holder may use any This subpart prescribes— person, nor may any person serve, as (a) Qualifications and duty time limi- pilot in command between terminals tations for aircraft dispatchers for cer- over a route or area that requires a tificate holders conducting domestic special type of navigation qualification flag operations; and unless, within the preceding 12 cal- endar months, that person has dem- (b) Duty period limitations and rest onstrated qualification on the applica- requirements for flight attendants used ble navigation system in a manner ac- by certificate holders conducting do- mestic, flag, or supplemental oper- ceptable to the Administrator, by one ations. of the following methods: (1) By flying over a route or area as [Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996] pilot in command using the applicable special type of navigation system. § 121.463 Aircraft dispatcher qualifica- (2) By flying over a route or area as tions. pilot in command under the super- (a) No certificate holder conducting vision of a check airman using the spe- domestic or flag operations may use cial type of navigation system. any person, nor may any person serve, 168 VerDate Mar<15>2010 15:27 Feb 27, 2012 Jkt 226046 PO 00000 Frm 00178 Fmt 8010 Sfmt 8010 Q:\14\14V3 ofr150 PsN: PC150.