---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 63.31"
title: "14"
number: "63.31"
heading: "Eligibility requirements; general."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/63.31"
---

# §63.31. Eligibility requirements; general.


To be eligible for a flight engineer certificate, a person must—

- (a) Be at least 21 years of age;
- (b) Be able to read, speak, and understand the English language, or have an appropriate limitation placed on his flight engineer certificate;
- (c) Hold at least a second-class medical certificate issued under [part 67](/cfr/14/part67.md) of this chapter within the 12 months before the date he applies, or other evidence of medical qualification accepted for the issue of a flight engineer certificate under [§ 63.42](/cfr/14/63.42.md); and
- (d) **Comply with the requirements of this subpart that apply to the rating he seeks.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 6458, 30 FR 14559, Nov. 23, 1965, as amended by Amdt. 63-9, 33 FR 18614, Dec. 17, 1968]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 313(a), 601, and 602, Federal Aviation Act of 1958; 49 U.S.C. 1354, 1421, 1422.

### Source

Source: Docket 6458, 30 FR 14559, Nov. 23, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, 44701-44703, 44707, 44709-44711, 45102-45103, 45301-45302.

### Amendments

[Docket 6458, 30 FR 14559, Nov. 23, 1965, as amended by Amdt. 63-9, 33 FR 18614, Dec. 17, 1968]