[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 14, Volume 2]

[Revised as of January 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 14CFR121.125]



[Page 430]

 

                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 121_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: DOMESTIC, FLAG, AND SUPPLEMENTAL 

OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart F_Approval of Areas and Routes for Supplemental Operations

 

Sec. 121.125  Flight following system.



    (a) Each certificate holder conducting supplemental operations must 

show that it has--

    (1) An approved flight following system established in accordance 

with subpart U of this part and adequate for the proper monitoring of 

each flight, considering the operations to be conducted; and

    (2) Flight following centers located at those points necessary--

    (i) To ensure the proper monitoring of the progress of each flight 

with respect to its departure at the point of origin and arrival at its 

destination, including intermediate stops and diversions therefrom, and 

maintenance or mechanical delays encountered at those points or stops; 

and

    (ii) To ensure that the pilot in command is provided with all 

information necessary for the safety of the flight.

    (b) A certificate holder conducting supplemental operations may 

arrange to have flight following facilities provided by persons other 

than its employees, but in such a case the certificate holder continues 

to be primarily responsible for operational control of each flight.

    (c) A flight following system need not provide for in-flight 

monitoring by a flight following center.

    (d) The certificate holder's operations specifications specify the 

flight following system it is authorized to use and the location of the 

centers.



[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19195, Dec. 31, 1964, as amended by Amdt. 121-253, 

61 FR 2611, Jan. 26, 1996]