---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 91.1031"
title: "14"
number: "91.1031"
heading: "Pilot in command or second in command: Designation required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/91.1031"
---

# §91.1031. Pilot in command or second in command: Designation required.

- (a) Each program manager must designate a—
  - (1) Pilot in command for each program flight; and
  - (2) **Second in command for each program flight requiring two pilots.**
- (b) The pilot in command, as designated by the program manager, must remain the pilot in command at all times during that flight.

## Notes

### Source

Source: Docket FAA-2001-10047, 68 FR 54561, Sept. 17, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40103, 40105, 40113, 40120, 44101, 44111, 44701, 44704, 44709, 44711, 44712, 44715,44716, 44717, 44722, 44740, 46306, 46315, 46316, 46504, 46506-46507, 47122, 47508,47528-47531, 47534; Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 11; Pub. L. 114-190, 130 Stat. 615 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); sec. 828, Pub. L. 118-63, 138 Stat. 1330 (49 U.S.C. 44703 note); articles 12 and 29 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, 61 Stat. 1180.