---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 125.283"
title: "14"
number: "125.283"
heading: "Second-in-command qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/125.283"
---

# §125.283. Second-in-command qualifications.


No certificate holder may use any person, nor may any person serve, as second in command of an airplane unless that person—

- (a) Holds at least a commercial pilot certificate with appropriate category and class ratings, and an instrument rating; and
- (b) For flight under IFR, meets the recent instrument experience requirements prescribed for a pilot in command in [part 61](/cfr/14/part61.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722.

### Source

Source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.