---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 194.247"
title: "14"
number: "194.247"
heading: "Pilot qualification requirements to operate powered-lift under part 135 of this chapter."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/194.247"
---

# §194.247. Pilot qualification requirements to operate powered-lift under part 135 of this chapter.

- (a) Unless otherwise directed in this chapter, powered-lift must continue to comply with rules applicable to aircraft specified in [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md).
- (b) To comply with [§ 135.3](/cfr/14/135.3.md) of this chapter, each certificate holder that conducts commuter operations under [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) with powered-lift for which two pilots are required by the type certificate must:
  - (1) Comply with [subpart Y](/cfr/14/subpartY.md) to [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md) of this chapter instead of the requirements of subparts [G](/cfr/14/subpartG.md) and [H](/cfr/14/subpartH.md) to [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md); and
  - (2) Include in initial ground training for pilots in command and upgrade ground training, instruction and facilitated discussion on the following:
    - (i) Leadership and command; and
    - (ii) Mentoring, including techniques for instilling and reinforcing the highest standards of technical performance, airmanship, and professionalism in newly hired pilots.
  - (3) Include the training required by [paragraph (b)(2)(ii)](#b-2-ii) of this section in recurrent ground training for pilots in command every 36 calendar months.
  - (4) Include in initial flight training for pilots in command and upgrade flight training, sufficient scenario-based training incorporating crew resource management and leadership and command skills, to ensure the pilot's proficiency as pilot in command.
- (c) In lieu of compliance with the operating experience requirements listed in [§ 135.244(a)(1) through (4)](/cfr/14/135.244.md?p=a-1..a-4) of this chapter, no certificate holder may use a person, nor may any person serve, as pilot in command of a powered-lift unless that person possesses 20 hours of operating experience in each make and basic model of powered-lift to be flown.
- (d) To comply with [§ 135.345](/cfr/14/135.345.md) of this chapter, initial, transition, and upgrade ground training for powered-lift pilots must include instruction in [§ 135.345(b)(6)(iv)](/cfr/14/135.345.md?p=b-6-iv) of this chapter, as applicable.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7572; 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44705, 44707, 44712, 44713, 44715, 44716, and 44722; Sec. 955 of Pub. L. 118-63.

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2023-1275, Amdt. 194-1, 89 FR 92489, Nov. 21, 2024, unless otherwise noted.