---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 135.603"
title: "14"
number: "135.603"
heading: "Pilot-in-command instrument qualifications."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/135.603"
---

# §135.603. Pilot-in-command instrument qualifications.


After April 24, 2017, no certificate holder may use, nor may any person serve as, a pilot in command of a helicopter air ambulance operation unless that person meets the requirements of [§ 135.243](/cfr/14/135.243.md) and holds a helicopter instrument rating or an airline transport pilot certificate with a category and class rating for that aircraft, that is not limited to VFR.


## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2010-0982, 79 FR 9975, Feb. 21, 2014, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 41706, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709, 44711-44713, 44715-44717, 44722, 44730, 45101-45105; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 58 (49 U.S.C. 44730).

### Source

Source: Docket 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, unless otherwise noted.