FAR 91.1049 — Fractional Program Personnel
FAR 91.1049 covers personnel rules for fractional ownership programs: pilot qualifications, staffing, duty schedules, two-pilot crews, and flight release.
FAR 91.1049 sets the personnel rules for fractional ownership programs under Subpart K. The program manager and each fractional owner must use flight crews that meet the qualification standards in § 91.1053 and are qualified under the applicable regulations. The program manager is responsible for oversight of those crews.
Key staffing requirements:
- The program manager must employ enough pilots per program aircraft (directly or by contract), considering:
- Number of program aircraft
- Flight, duty, and rest limits in §§ 91.1057–91.1061
- Vacations
- Operational efficiencies
- Training
- Single-pilot operations (only if authorized by deviation)
- Pilot and flight attendant duty schedules must be published far enough in advance to comply with the flight/duty/rest limits.
- Whenever a program aircraft flies with passengers onboard, the crew must include at least two qualified pilots employed or contracted by the program manager or fractional owner — unless the Administrator authorizes otherwise.
- Trained scheduling and flight release personnel must be on duty whenever program aircraft are available for operations.
This matters operationally because fractional programs blend Part 91 flexibility with airline-style oversight, ensuring crews are rested, qualified, and properly dispatched.
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