Definition
Pilot in command
The pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time.
Source: FAA Pilot/Controller Glossary (verbatim from the Federal Aviation Regulations).
Where This Term Is Used
- 14 CFR § 91.1031 — § 91.1031 Pilot in command or second in command: Designation required.
- 14 CFR § 91.3 — § 91.3 Responsibility and authority of the pilot in command.
- 14 CFR § 91.5 — § 91.5 Pilot in command of aircraft requiring more than one required pilot.
- 14 CFR § 61.57 — § 61.57 — Recent Flight Experience: Pilot in Command
- 14 CFR § 61.113 — § 61.113 — Private Pilot Privileges and Limitations: Pilot in Command
- 14 CFR § 61.58 — § 61.58 — Pilot-in-Command Proficiency Check for Multi-Crew and Turbojet Aircraft
- 14 CFR § 61.117 — § 61.117 — Private Pilot Privileges and Limitations: Second in Command
- 14 CFR § 91.1705 — § 91.1705 Required pilot training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1103 — § 91.1103 Pilots: Initial, transition, upgrade, requalification, and differences flight training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1089 — § 91.1089 Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1055 — § 91.1055 Pilot operating limitations and pairing requirement.
- 14 CFR § 91.531 — § 91.531 Second in command requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.161 — § 91.161 Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.
- 14 CFR § 61.51 — § 61.51 — Pilot Logbooks
- 14 CFR § 61.55 — § 61.55 — Second-in-Command Qualifications
- 14 CFR § 91.103 — § 91.103 Preflight action.
- 14 CFR § 91.1711 — § 91.1711 Aeronautical experience.
- 14 CFR § 91.1605 — § 91.1605 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 77—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Baghdad Flight Information Region (FIR) (ORBB).
- 14 CFR § 91.1603 — § 91.1603 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 112—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya.
- 14 CFR § 91.1609 — § 91.1609 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 114—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Damascus Flight Information Region (FIR) (OSTT).
- 14 CFR § 91.1611 — § 91.1611 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 115—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in Specified Areas of the Sanaa Flight Information Region (FIR) (OYSC).
- 14 CFR § 91.1613 — § 91.1613 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 107—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Somalia.
- 14 CFR § 91.1615 — § 91.1615 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 79—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Pyongyang Flight Information Region (FIR) (ZKKP).
- 14 CFR § 91.1617 — § 91.1617 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 117—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Tehran Flight Information Region (FIR) (OIIX).
- 14 CFR § 91.1619 — § 91.1619 Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 119—Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Kabul Flight Information Region (FIR) (OAKX).
- 14 CFR § 91.1701 — § 91.1701 Applicability.
- 14 CFR § 91.1703 — § 91.1703 Compliance and eligibility.
- 14 CFR § 91.1105 — § 91.1105 Flight attendants: Initial and transition ground training.
- 14 CFR § 91.1091 — § 91.1091 Qualifications: Flight instructors (aircraft) and flight instructors (simulator).
- 14 CFR § 91.1061 — § 91.1061 Augmented flight crews.
- 14 CFR § 91.1063 — § 91.1063 Testing and training: Applicability and terms used.
- 14 CFR § 91.1053 — § 91.1053 Crewmember experience.
- 14 CFR § 91.1067 — § 91.1067 Initial and recurrent flight attendant crewmember testing requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1069 — § 91.1069 Flight crew: Instrument proficiency check requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.1039 — § 91.1039 IFR takeoff, approach and landing minimums.
- 14 CFR § 91.1035 — § 91.1035 Passenger awareness.
- 14 CFR § 91.1025 — § 91.1025 Program operating manual contents.
- 14 CFR § 91.1027 — § 91.1027 Recordkeeping.
- 14 CFR § 91.533 — § 91.533 Flight attendant requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.709 — § 91.709 Operations to Cuba.
- 14 CFR § 91.711 — § 91.711 Special rules for foreign civil aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.503 — § 91.503 Flying equipment and operating information.
- 14 CFR § 91.505 — § 91.505 Familiarity with operating limitations and emergency equipment.
- 14 CFR § 91.517 — § 91.517 Passenger information.
- 14 CFR § 91.519 — § 91.519 Passenger briefing.
- 14 CFR § 91.523 — § 91.523 Carry-on baggage.
- 14 CFR § 91.525 — § 91.525 Carriage of cargo.
- 14 CFR § 91.527 — § 91.527 Operating in icing conditions.
- 14 CFR § 91.309 — § 91.309 Towing: Gliders and unpowered ultralight vehicles.
- 14 CFR § 91.307 — § 91.307 Parachutes and parachuting.
- 14 CFR § 91.189 — § 91.189 Category II and III operations: General operating rules.
- 14 CFR § 91.205 — § 91.205 Powered civil aircraft with standard U.S. airworthiness certificates: Instrument and equipment requirements.
- 14 CFR § 91.187 — § 91.187 Operation under IFR in controlled airspace: Malfunction reports.
- 14 CFR § 91.183 — § 91.183 IFR communications.
- 14 CFR § 91.175 — § 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.
- 14 CFR § 91.146 — § 91.146 Passenger-carrying flights for the benefit of a charitable, nonprofit, or community event.
- 14 CFR § 91.153 — § 91.153 VFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.169 — § 91.169 IFR flight plan: Information required.
- 14 CFR § 91.129 — § 91.129 Operations in Class D airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.131 — § 91.131 Operations in Class B airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.127 — § 91.127 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class E airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.126 — § 91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.
- 14 CFR § 91.123 — § 91.123 Compliance with ATC clearances and instructions.
- 14 CFR § 91.111 — § 91.111 Operating near other aircraft.
- 14 CFR § 91.7 — § 91.7 Civil aircraft airworthiness.
- 14 CFR § 91.15 — § 91.15 Dropping objects.
- 14 CFR § 91.21 — § 91.21 Portable electronic devices.
- 14 CFR § 91.107 — § 91.107 Use of safety belts, shoulder harnesses, and child restraint systems.
- 14 CFR § 91.108 — § 91.108 Use of supplemental restraint systems.
- 14 CFR § 91.109 — § 91.109 Flight instruction; Simulated instrument flight and certain flight tests.
- 14 CFR § 61.47 — § 61.47 — Status of an Examiner Who Is Authorized by the Administrator to Conduct Practical Tests
- 14 CFR § 61.53 — § 61.53 — Prohibition on Operations During Medical Deficiency
- 14 CFR § 61.56 — § 61.56 — Flight Review
- 14 CFR § 91.1713 — § 91.1713 Instruction, checking, and evaluation.
- 14 CFR § 91.209 — § 91.209 Aircraft lights.
- 14 CFR § 91.176 — § 91.176 Straight-in landing operations below DA/DH or MDA using an enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) under IFR.
76 sections reference this term in their FAR Decoded content.