---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 404.103"
title: "46"
number: "404.103"
heading: "Ratemaking step 3: Estimate number of registered pilots and apprentice pilots."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/404.103"
---

# §404.103. Ratemaking step 3: Estimate number of registered pilots and apprentice pilots.

- (a) The Director projects, based on the number of persons applying under [46 CFR part 401](/cfr/46/part401.md) to become U.S. Great Lakes registered pilots, and on information provided by the district's pilotage association, the number of pilots expected to be fully working and compensated.
- (b) The Director projects, based on the number of persons applying under [46 CFR part 401](/cfr/46/part401.md) to become Apprentice Pilots, traffic projections, information provided by the pilotage association regarding upcoming retirements, and any other relevant data, the number of Apprentice Pilots and Apprentice Pilots with Limited Registrations expected to be in training and compensated.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2017-0903, 83 FR 26193, June 5, 2018, as amended by USCG-2021-0431, 87 FR 18524, Mar. 30, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 2104(a), 9303, 9304; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-2015-0497, 81 FR 11941, Mar. 7, 2016, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2017-0903, 83 FR 26193, June 5, 2018, as amended by USCG-2021-0431, 87 FR 18524, Mar. 30, 2022]