Document ID: FAA-2013-0944-0018
Agency: faa
Document Type: Rule
Title: Pilot Assigned as Second in Command; Legal Interpretation
Posted Date: 2014-06-04T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 32157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-12982]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 121

[Docket No. FAA-2013-0944]

Pilot Assigned as Second in Command; Legal Interpretation

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: On November 13, 2013, the FAA sought comment on a proposed 
legal interpretation intended to clarify the qualification requirements 
for the pilot assigned as second in command on a flight in part 121 
operations that require three or more pilots and the pilot who provides 
relief to the assigned second in command during the en route cruise 
portion of the flight. On April 29, 2014, the FAA issued a legal 
interpretation on these issues. This legal interpretation is available 
on the agency's Web site and in the docket for the proposed legal 
interpretation.

DATES: June 4, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may review the public docket for the proposed legal 
interpretation (Docket No. FAA-2013-0944) on the Internet at 
www.regulations.gov. You may also review the public docket at the 
Docket Management Facility in Room W12-140, of the West Building Ground 
Floor at 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 
5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Mikolop, Attorney, Regulations 
Division, Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 
800 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202 267-
3073.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 13, 2013, the FAA sought comment 
on a proposed legal interpretation intended to clarify the 
qualification requirements for (1) the pilot assigned as second in 
command (SIC) on a flight in part 121 operations that require three or 
more pilots and (2) the pilot who provides relief to the assigned SIC 
during the en route cruise portion of the flight. See 78 FR 67983 (Nov. 
13, 2013). The agency received 15 comments on the proposed legal 
interpretation.
    On April 29, 2014, the FAA issued a legal interpretation on these 
issues. The legal interpretation was adopted as proposed with minimal 
clarifying information. It is available on the agency's Web site \1\ 
and in docket FAA-2013-0944.\2\ (A related legal interpretation 
provided to Southern Air Inc. can also be found on the agency's Web 
site and in docket FAA-2013-0944.) This legal interpretation reaffirms 
Legal Interpretation 1978-27, which stated Sec.  121.432(a) requires a 
pilot who serves as SIC of an operation that requires three or more 
pilots to meet all pilot in command (PIC) qualification requirements 
except for PIC operating experience. This legal interpretation also 
clarifies that the pilot relieving the assigned SIC during the en route 
portion of the flight need not meet the additional SIC qualification 
requirements identified in Sec.  121.432(a).
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    \1\ www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/agc/pol_adjudication/agc200/interpretations.
    \2\ Instructions for access to docket FAA-2013-0944 can be found 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 29, 2014.
Mark W. Bury,
Assistant Chief Counsel for International Law, Legislation and 
Regulations.
[FR Doc. 2014-12982 Filed 6-3-14; 8:45 am]
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