Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 14 - Aeronautics and Space last revised: Dec 19, 2026
§ 125.313 - Manipulation of controls when carrying passengers.

No pilot in command may allow any person to manipulate the controls of an airplane while carrying passengers during flight, nor may any person manipulate the controls while carrying passengers during flight, unless that person is a qualified pilot of the certificate holder operating that airplane.

authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g), 40113, 44701-44702, 44705, 44710-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722
source: Docket 19779, 45 FR 67235, Oct. 9, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 14 CFR 125.313