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  • 14 CFR § 121.537 Responsibility for operational control: Supplemental operations.

    Responsibility for operational control: Supplemental operations. (a) Each certificate holder conducting supplemental operations— (1) Is responsible for operational control; and (2) Shall list each person authorized by it to exercise operational control in its operator's manual. (b) The pilot ... responsible for the safety of the passengers, crewmembers, cargo, and aircraft. The pilot in command has full control and authority in the operation of the aircraft, without limitation, over other crewmembers and their duties during flight time, whether…

  • 14 CFR § 121.535 Responsibility for operational control: Flag operations.

    Responsibility for operational control: Flag operations. (a) Each certificate holder conducting flag operations is responsible for operational control. (b) The pilot in command and the aircraft dispatcher are jointly responsible for the preflight planning, delay, and dispatch release ... safety of the passengers, crewmembers, cargo, and airplane. (e) Each pilot in command has full control and authority in the operation of the aircraft, without limitation, over other crewmembers and their duties during flight time, whether or not he holds…

  • 14 CFR § 121.533 Responsibility for operational control: Domestic operations.

    Responsibility for operational control: Domestic operations. (a) Each certificate holder conducting domestic operations is responsible for operational control. (b) The pilot in command and the aircraft dispatcher are jointly responsible for the preflight planning, delay, and dispatch release ... safety of the passengers, crewmembers, cargo, and airplane. (e) Each pilot in command has full control and authority in the operation of the aircraft, without limitation, over other crewmembers and their duties during flight time, whether or not he holds…

  • Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns › Standard Airport Traffic Patterns

    common altitude at a given airport is the key factor in minimizing the risk of collisions at airports without operating control towers. Aircraft speeds are restrained by 14 CFR part 91, section 91.117. When operating in the traffic pattern ... most airports with an operating control tower, aircraft typically fly at airspeeds no greater than 200 knots (230 miles per hour (mph)). Sensible practice suggests flying at or below these speeds when operating in the traffic pattern of an airport…

  • 14 CFR § 121.597 Flight release authority: Supplemental operations.

    flight under a flight following system without specific authority from the person authorized by the operator to exercise operational control over the flight. (b) No person may start a flight unless the pilot in command or the person authorized ... operator to exercise operational control over the flight has executed a flight release setting forth the conditions under which the flights will be conducted. The pilot in command may sign the flight release only when he and the person authorized…

  • 14 CFR § 135.619 Operations control centers.

    Operations control centers. (a) Operations control center. After April 22, 2016, certificate holders authorized to conduct helicopter air ambulance operations, with 10 or more helicopter air ambulances assigned to the certificate holder's operations specifications, must have an operations control ... center. The operations control center must be staffed by operations control specialists who, at a minimum— (1) Provide two-way communications with pilots; (2) Provide pilots with weather briefings, to include current and forecasted weather along the planned route…