# The Space Industry Regulations 2021, Paragraph 16: Flight crew and remote pilots


(1) An MFC expecting to act as a pilot in command of a flight in which a spaceflight participant is to be carried (a “participant spaceflight”), must have undertaken one actual or simulated spaceflight in a launch vehicle of the same type as the spaceflight operator’s launch vehicle as a member of the flight crew within the period of 14 days ending on the day before the participant spaceflight (the “relevant period”).
(2) A remote pilot who intends to act as a remote pilot in command of a participant spaceflight must have undertaken one actual or simulated spaceflight in a launch vehicle of the same type as the spaceflight operator’s launch vehicle as a remote pilot within the relevant period.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2021/9780348223682/schedule/3/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-space-industry-regulations-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-16
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