14 CFR 121.543 - Flight crewmembers at controls.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each required flight crewmember on flight deck duty must remain at the assigned duty station with seat belt fastened while the aircraft is taking off or landing, and while it is en route.
(b) A required flight crewmember may leave the assigned duty station -
(1) If the crewmember's absence is necessary for the performance of duties in connection with the operation of the aircraft;
(2) If the crewmember's absence is in connection with physiological needs; or
(3) If the crewmember is taking a rest period, and relief is provided -
(i) In the case of the assigned pilot in command during the en route cruise portion of the flight, by a pilot who holds an airline transport pilot certificate not subject to the limitations in § 61.167 of this chapter and an appropriate type rating, is currently qualified as pilot in command or second in command, and is qualified as pilot in command of that aircraft during the en route cruise portion of the flight. A second in command qualified to act as a pilot in command en route need not have completed the following pilot in command requirements: The 6-month recurrent flight training required by § 121.433(c)(1)(iii); the operating experience required by § 121.434; the takeoffs and landings required by § 121.439; the line check required by § 121.440; and the 6-month proficiency check or simulator training required by § 121.441(a)(1); and
(ii) In the case of the assigned second in command, by a pilot qualified to act as second in command of that aircraft during en route operations. However, the relief pilot need not meet the recent experience requirements of § 121.439(b).
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The following are ALL rules, proposed rules, and notices (chronologically) published in the Federal Register relating to 14 CFR Part 121 after this date.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2017-02582 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Amdt. Nos. 1-70A, 23-63A, 25-144A, 27-48A, 29-56A, 61-139A, 91-345A, 121-376A, 125-66A, and 135-135A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; delay of effective date. The effective date of the rule amending 14 CFR parts 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135 published at 81 FR 90126, December 13, 2016, is delayed until March 21, 2017, except for the amendments to §§ 61.66 (amendatory instruction no. 15), 91.175 (amendatory instruction no. 18), 91.1039 (amendatory instruction no. 23), 121.651 (amendatory instruction no. 27), 125.325 (amendatory instruction no. 33), 125.381 (amendatory instruction no. 35), and 135.225 (amendatory instruction no. 38), which are effective March 13, 2018. 14 CFR Parts 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135 On December 13, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published a final rule to permit operators to use an enhanced flight vision system in lieu of natural vision to continue descending from 100 feet above the touchdown zone elevation to the runway and to land on certain straight-in instrument approach procedures under instrument flight rules. The FAA is delaying the effective date of this final rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. C1-2016-28714 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Amdt. Nos. 1-70, 23-63, 25-144, 27-48, 29-56, 61-139, 91-345, 121-376, 125-66, and 135-135 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Parts 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-30246 RIN 2120-AK65 Docket No. FAA-2015-1621 Amdt. Nos. 21-100, 23-64, 35-10, 43-49, 91-346, 121-378, and 135-136 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective August 30, 2017. 14 CFR Parts 21, 23, 35, 43, 91, 121, and 135 The FAA amends its airworthiness standards for normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes by replacing current prescriptive design requirements with performance-based airworthiness standards. These standards also replace the current weight and propulsion divisions in small airplane regulations with performance- and risk-based divisions for airplanes with a maximum seating capacity of 19 passengers or less and a maximum takeoff weight of 19,000 pounds or less. These airworthiness standards are based on, and will maintain, the level of safety of the current small airplane regulations, except for areas addressing loss of control and icing, for which the safety level has been increased. The FAA adopts additional airworthiness standards to address certification for flight in icing conditions, enhanced stall characteristics, and minimum control speed to prevent departure from controlled flight for multiengine airplanes. This rulemaking is in response to the Congressional mandate set forth in the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-31507 RIN 2120-AK95 Docket No. FAA-2016-9526 Amdt. No. 121-377A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; Correction. Effective January 17, 2017. 14 CFR Part 121 The FAA is correcting a final rule published on December 16, 2016. In that final rule, which becomes effective on January 17, 2017, the FAA will allow air carriers to seek a deviation from the flight simulation training device (FSTD) requirements for related aircraft proficiency checks. As a result, that rule will eliminate an inconsistency that currently permits carriers that have obtained FAA approval to modify the FSTD requirements for related aircraft differences training, but not for corresponding proficiency checks. The FAA inadvertently listed an incorrect Amendment Number for that final rule. This document corrects that error.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-30211 RIN 2120-AK95 Docket No. FAA-2016-9526 Amdt. No. 121-397 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; request for comments. Effective January 17, 2017. Submit comments on or before February 14, 2017. 14 CFR Part 121 This rule allows air carriers to seek a deviation from the flight simulation training device (FSTD) requirements for related aircraft proficiency checks. As a result, this rule will eliminate an inconsistency that currently permits carriers that have obtained FAA approval to modify the FSTD requirements for related aircraft differences training, but not for corresponding proficiency checks. In doing so, it corrects an inadvertent omission from the Qualification, Service, and Use of Crewmembers and Aircraft Dispatchers final rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-28714 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Amdt. Nos. 1-70, 23-63, 25-144, 27-48, 29-56, 61-139, 91-345, 121-376, 125-66, and 135-135 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. The final rule is effective March 13, 2017, except for the amendments to §§ 61.66 (amendatory instruction no. 15), 91.175 (amendatory instruction no. 18), 91.1039 (amendatory instruction no. 23), 121.651 (amendatory instruction no. 27), 125.325 (amendatory instruction no. 33), 125.381 (amendatory instruction no. 35), and 135.225 (amendatory instruction no. 38), which are effective March 13, 2018. 14 CFR Parts 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135 Prior to this final rule, persons could only use an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) in lieu of natural vision to descend below the decision altitude, decision height, or minimum descent altitude (DA/DH or MDA) down to 100 feet above the touchdown zone elevation (TDZE) using certain straight-in landing instrument approach procedures (IAPs). This final rule permits operators to use an EFVS in lieu of natural vision to continue descending from 100 feet above the TDZE to the runway and to land on certain straight-in IAPs under instrument flight rules (IFR). This final rule also revises and relocates the regulations that permit operators to use an EFVS in lieu of natural vision to descend to 100 feet above the TDZE using certain straight-in IAPs. Additionally, this final rule addresses provisions that permit operators who conduct EFVS operations under parts 121, 125, or 135 to use EFVS-equipped aircraft to dispatch, release, or takeoff under IFR, and revises the regulations for those operators to initiate and continue an approach, when the destination airport weather is below authorized visibility minimums for the runway of intended landing. This final rule establishes pilot training and recent flight experience requirements for operators who use EFVS in lieu of natural vision to descend below the DA/DH or MDA. EFVS-equipped aircraft conducting operations to touchdown and rollout are required to meet additional airworthiness requirements. This final rule also revises pilot compartment view certification requirements for vision systems using a transparent display surface located in the pilot's outside field of view. The final rule takes advantage of advanced vision capabilities, thereby achieving the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) goals of increasing access, efficiency, and throughput at many airports when low visibility is the limiting factor. Additionally, it enables EFVS operations in reduced visibilities on a greater number of approach procedure types while maintaining an equivalent level of safety.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-23961 RIN 2120-AJ87 Docket No. FAA-2014-0504 Notice No. 16-06 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before January 5, 2017. 14 CFR Parts 61, 91, 121, and 135 The Federal Aviation Administration proposes to modify the requirements primarily applicable to air carriers conducting domestic, flag and supplemental operations to enhance the professional development of pilots in those operations. The proposal would require air carriers conducting domestic, flag and supplemental operations to provide new-hire pilots with an opportunity to observe flight operations (operations familiarization) to become familiar with procedures before serving as a flightcrew member in operations; revise the upgrade curriculum; provide leadership and command and mentoring training for all pilots in command (PICs); and establish Pilot Professional Development Committees (PPDC). This proposal is responsive to a statutory requirement for the Federal Aviation Administration to convene an aviation rulemaking committee (ARC) to develop procedures for air carriers pertaining to pilot mentoring, professional development, and leadership and command training and to issue an NPRM and final rule based on these recommendations. The proposal also includes a number of additional conforming changes related to flight simulation training devices and second in command (SIC) pilot training and checking, and other miscellaneous changes. The FAA believes that this proposed rule would mitigate incidents of unprofessional pilot behavior which would reduce pilot errors that can lead to a catastrophic event.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-17590 RIN 2120-AK30 Docket No. FAA-2014-0500 Amdt. Nos. 25-143, 121-375, and 129-52 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; correction. This correction is effective on July 26, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 25, 121, and 129 The FAA is correcting a final rule published in the Federal Register on June 24, 2016 (81 FR 41200). In that final rule, the FAA amended certain airworthiness regulations for transport category airplanes to require fuel tank designs that prevent a fuel tank explosion caused by the propagation of flames, from external fires, through the fuel tank vents. The final rule requires a delay of two minutes and thirty seconds between exposure of external fuel tank vents to ignition sources and explosions caused by propagation of flames into the fuel tank, thus increasing the time available for passenger evacuation and emergency response. The amendments apply to applications for new type certificates and certain applications for amended or supplemental type certificates. The amendments also require certain airplanes produced in the future and operated by air carriers to meet the new standards. However, in that document, the amendment numbers for the final rules were incorrect, and an airplane model number in a footnote was incorrect. This document now posts the correct amendment numbers and airplane model number in the footnote.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-17579 RIN Docket No. FAA-2011-1082 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final policy statement. Effective July 26, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125, 129, and 135 This action sets forth the Very High Frequency (VHF) Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Minimum Operational Network (MON) policy as proposed in the Proposed Provision of Navigation Services for the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) Transition to Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) notice of proposed policy published on December 15, 2011 (76 FR 77939). This document provides the discontinuance selection criteria and candidate list of VOR Navigational Aids (NAVAIDs) targeted for discontinuance as part of the VOR MON Implementation Program and United States (U.S.) National Airspace System (NAS) Efficient Streamline Services Initiative. Additionally, this policy addresses the regulatory processes the FAA plans to follow to discontinue VORs.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-15770 RIN 2120-AK32 Docket No. FAA-2014-0554 Amdt. Nos. 1-69 11-60 121-374, 125-65, 135-133 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Secretary Final rule; correction. This correction will become effective on July 5, 2016. 14 CFR Part 382 This document corrects a final rule which replaces the existing process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (Agency or FAA) approves portable oxygen concentrators (POC) for use on board aircraft in air carrier operations, commercial operations, and certain other operations using large aircraft. The FAA currently assesses each POC make and model on a case-by-case basis and if the FAA determines that a particular POC is safe for use on board an aircraft, the FAA conducts rulemaking to identify the specific POC model in an FAA regulation. The final rule replaces the current process and allows passengers to use a POC on board an aircraft if the POC satisfies certain acceptance criteria and bears a label indicating conformance with the acceptance criteria. The labeling requirement only affects POCs intended for use on board aircraft that were not previously approved for use on aircraft by the FAA. Additionally, the rulemaking will eliminate redundant operational requirements and paperwork requirements related to the physician's statement. As a result, the rulemaking will reduce burdens for POC manufacturers, passengers who use POCs while traveling, and affected aircraft operators. The final rule also made conforming amendments to the Department of Transportation's (Department or DOT) rule implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) to require carriers to accept all POC models that meet FAA acceptance criteria as detailed in this rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-14454 RIN 2120-AK30 Docket No. FAA-2014-0500 Amdt. Nos. 25-142, 21-376, and 129-53 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective August 23, 2016. The compliance date for the requirements in § 25.975 is August 23, 2016. The compliance date for the requirements in §§ 121.1119 and 129.119 is August 23, 2018. 14 CFR Parts 25, 121, and 129 The FAA is amending certain airworthiness regulations for transport category airplanes to require fuel tank designs that prevent a fuel tank explosion caused by the propagation of flames, from external fires, through the fuel tank vents. This final rule requires a delay of two minutes and thirty seconds between exposure of external fuel tank vents to ignition sources and explosions caused by propagation of flames into the fuel tank, thus increasing the time available for passenger evacuation and emergency response. These amendments apply to applications for new type certificates and certain applications for amended or supplemental type certificates. The amendments also require certain airplanes produced in the future and operated by air carriers to meet the new standards.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-13955 RIN 2120-AK32 Docket No. FAA-2014-0554 Amdt. Nos. 1-69 11-60 121-374, 125-65, 135-133 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Secretary Final rule; correction. This correction will become effective on June 23, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 1, 11, 121, 125, and 135 This final rule replaces the existing process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (Agency or FAA) approves portable oxygen concentrators (POC) for use on board aircraft in air carrier operations, commercial operations, and certain other operations using large aircraft. The FAA currently assesses each POC make and model on a case-by-case basis and if the FAA determines that a particular POC is safe for use on board an aircraft, the FAA conducts rulemaking to identify the specific POC model in an FAA regulation. This final rule replaces the current process and allows passengers to use a POC on board an aircraft if the POC satisfies certain acceptance criteria and bears a label indicating conformance with the acceptance criteria. The labeling requirement only affects POCs intended for use on board aircraft that were not previously approved for use on aircraft by the FAA. Additionally, this rulemaking will eliminate redundant operational requirements and paperwork requirements related to the physician's statement. As a result, this rulemaking will reduce burdens for POC manufacturers, passengers who use POCs while traveling, and affected aircraft operators. This final rule also makes conforming amendments to the Department of Transportation's (Department or DOT) rule implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) to require carriers to accept all POC models that meet FAA acceptance criteria as detailed in this rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-11918 RIN 2120-AK32 Docket No. FAA-2014-0554 Amdt. Nos. 1-69, 11-59, 121-374, 125-65, and 135-133 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Secretary Final rule. The amendments to 14 CFR 1.1, 1.2, 121.574, 125.219, and 135.91 are effective June 23, 2016. The amendments to 14 CFR 11.201, 121.306, 125.204, 135.144, 382,27, and 382.133, and the removal of Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 106 are effective August 22, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 1, 11, 121, 125, and 135 This final rule replaces the existing process by which the Federal Aviation Administration (Agency or FAA) approves portable oxygen concentrators (POC) for use on board aircraft in air carrier operations, commercial operations, and certain other operations using large aircraft. The FAA currently assesses each POC make and model on a case-by-case basis and if the FAA determines that a particular POC is safe for use on board an aircraft, the FAA conducts rulemaking to identify the specific POC model in an FAA regulation. This final rule replaces the current process and allows passengers to use a POC on board an aircraft if the POC satisfies certain acceptance criteria and bears a label indicating conformance with the acceptance criteria. The labeling requirement only affects POCs intended for use on board aircraft that were not previously approved for use on aircraft by the FAA. Additionally, this rulemaking will eliminate redundant operational requirements and paperwork requirements related to the physician's statement. As a result, this rulemaking will reduce burdens for POC manufacturers, passengers who use POCs while traveling, and affected aircraft operators. This final rule also makes conforming amendments to the Department of Transportation's (Department or DOT) rule implementing the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) to require carriers to accept all POC models that meet FAA acceptance criteria as detailed in this rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-10168 RIN 2120-AK28 Docket No. FAA-2016-6142 Notice No. 16-02 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before August 10, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 61, 63, 91, 121, 135, 141 This rulemaking would relieve burdens on pilots seeking to obtain aeronautical experience, training, and certification by increasing the allowed use of aviation training devices. These training devices have proven to be an effective, safe, and affordable means of obtaining pilot experience. This rulemaking also would address changing technologies by accommodating the use of technically advanced airplanes as an alternative to the use of older complex single engine airplanes for the commercial pilot training and testing requirements. Additionally, this rulemaking would broaden the opportunities for military instructors to obtain civilian ratings based on military experience, would expand opportunities for logging pilot time, and would remove a burden from sport pilot instructors by permitting them to serve as safety pilots. Finally, this rulemaking would include changes to some of the provisions established in an August 2009 final rule. These actions are necessary to bring the regulations in line with current needs and activities of the general aviation training community and pilots.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2016-05493 RIN 2120-AK65 Docket No. FAA-2015-1621 Notice No. 16-01 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before May 13, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 21, 23, 35, 43, 91, 121, and 135 The FAA proposes to amend its airworthiness standards for normal, utility, acrobatic, and commuter category airplanes by removing current prescriptive design requirements and replacing them with performance-based airworthiness standards. The proposed standards would also replace the current weight and propulsion divisions in small airplane regulations with performance- and risk-based divisions for airplanes with a maximum seating capacity of 19 passengers or less and a maximum takeoff weight of 19,000 pounds or less. The proposed airworthiness standards are based on, and would maintain, the level of safety of the current small airplane regulations. Finally, the FAA proposes to adopt additional airworthiness standards to address certification for flight in icing conditions, enhanced stall characteristics, and minimum control speed to prevent departure from controlled flight for multiengine airplanes. This notice of proposed rulemaking addresses the Congressional mandate set forth in the Small Airplane Revitalization Act of 2013.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-32998 RIN 2120-AJ67 Docket No. FAA-2010-0100 Amdt. Nos. 61-130C, 121-365B, 135-127B DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; technical amendment. Effective: January 4, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 61, 121, and 135 The FAA is correcting a final rule published on July 15, 2013. In that rule, the FAA amended its regulations to create new certification and qualification requirements for pilots in air carrier operations. The FAA unintentionally required without notice and comment that if a certificate holder conducting part 135 operations who has voluntarily chosen and been authorized to comply with the part 121 training and qualification requirements, a pilot serving as a second in command in part 135 for that certificate holder is required to have an airline transport pilot certificate and an aircraft type rating. This document corrects those errors and makes several additional miscellaneous corrections to part 61 and a cross-reference error in part 121.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-24720 RIN 2120-AK17 Docket No. FAA-2014-0205 Amdt. Nos. 11-57 and 121-373 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. This rule is effective October 30, 2015. Compliance with this rule is required February 29, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 11 and 121 This final rule requires air carriers conducting domestic, flag, and supplemental operations to make available on their Web sites information to enable passengers to determine which child restraint system can be used on airplanes in these operations. Specifically, this final rule requires air carriers to make available on their Web sites the width of the narrowest and widest passenger seats in each class of service for each make, model and series of airplane used in passenger-carrying operations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-20555 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Notice No. 12-09B DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking; reopening of comment period. The comment period for the NPRM published on June 11, 2013 (78 FR 34935) closed October 15, 2013, and is reopened until September 21, 2015. 14 CFR Part 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, 135 This action reopens the comment period for the regulatory evaluation associated with the FAA's June 11, 2013 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), Revisions to Operational Requirements for the Use of Enhanced Flight Vision Systems (EFVS) and to Pilot Compartment View Requirements for Vision Systems. The regulatory evaluation associated with the NPRM was not posted to the docket prior to the close of the comment period. Therefore, the FAA is reopening the comment period to allow the public the opportunity to adequately analyze the full regulatory evaluation for the NPRM. The FAA will accept comments on the regulatory evaluation only; and not on the regulatory changes proposed in the NPRM.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-14248 RIN 2120-AK68 Docket No. FAA-2015-2129 Amdt. Nos. 61-134 and 121-372 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. This action becomes effective June 12, 2015. 14 CFR Parts 61 and 121 This final rule conforms Federal Aviation Administration regulations to International Civil Aviation Organization standards and the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act, both of which no longer contain a pilot pairing requirement. Accordingly, this final rule removes the requirement for a pilot in command who has reached age 60 to be paired with a pilot under age 60 in international commercial air transport operations by air carriers conducting flag and supplemental operations, as well as for other pilots serving in certain international operations using civil airplanes on the U.S. registry. The removal of this restriction will allow all pilots serving on airplanes in international commercial air transport with more than one pilot to serve until age 65 without a requirement to be paired with a pilot under age 60.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-10423 RIN 2120-AJ33 Docket No. FAA-2011-1136 Amdt. Nos. 121-371A and 135-132A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; correction. This correction is effective on May 4, 2015. The effective date of the final rule published March 4, 2015 (80 FR 11537), is corrected to March 4, 2016. 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135 The FAA is correcting a final rule published on March 4, 2015 (80 FR 11537). In that rule, the FAA amended its maintenance regulations for domestic, flag, and supplemental operations, and for commuter and on-demand operations for aircraft type certificated with a passenger seating configuration of 10 seats or more (excluding any pilot seat). The FAA originally proposed to make the effective date of the rule one year after its publication date to give affected operators time to come into compliance with the new requirements, and to allow the FAA time to review information submitted by the operators under the rule. However, in the final rule, the FAA inadvertently overlooked the proposed one-year compliance time, and included an effective date of 60 days after publication. This document corrects the effective date of that document.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-07991 RIN Docket No. FAA-2015-0881 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Proposed Interpretation Comments must be received on or before May 11, 2015. 14 CFR Part 121 This action proposes to interpret our regulations to not apply to flight segments that are flown by a flightcrew consisting of only two pilots and no other flight crewmembers.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-04179 RIN 2120-AJ33 Docket No. FAA-2011-1136 Amdt. Nos. 121-371 and 135-132 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective May 4, 2015 except for §§ 121.368 and 135.426 which contain information collection requirements that have not been approved by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The FAA will publish a document in the Federal Register announcing the effective date. 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) amends the maintenance regulations for domestic, flag, and supplemental operations, and for commuter and on-demand operations for aircraft type certificated with a passenger seating configuration of 10 seats or more (excluding any pilot seat). The new rules require affected air carriers and operators to develop policies, procedures, methods, and instructions for performing contract maintenance that are acceptable to the FAA, and to include them in their maintenance manuals. The rules also require the air carriers and operators to provide a list to the FAA of all persons with whom they contract their maintenance. These changes are needed because contract maintenance has increased to over 70 percent of all air carrier maintenance, and numerous investigations have shown deficiencies in maintenance performed by contract maintenance providers. These rules will help ensure consistency between contract and in-house air carrier maintenance and enhance the oversight capabilities of both the air carriers and the FAA.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2015-04158 RIN Docket No. FAA-2015-0289 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Policy update and clarification; request for comments. Effective March 2, 2015. Comments must be received by June 1, 2015. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 This policy statement updates and clarifies how the FAA determines when datalink communications must be recorded as a function of the cockpit voice recorder operational regulations. This policy update eliminates unneeded limitations in current policy, and restates the FAA's intent that the requirement function as a performance-based regulation.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-28868 RIN 2120-AJ58 Docket No. FAA-2009-1093 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notification of availability. Effective December 9, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 117 and 121 The FAA is issuing a Final Supplemental Regulatory Impact Analysis (Final SRIA) of its final rule that amended its existing flight, duty and rest regulations applicable to certain certificate holders and their flightcrew members. A copy of the Final SRIA may be found in the docket for the rulemaking. The Final SRIA responds to comments that were made in response to the Initial Supplemental Regulatory Impact Analysis, and, where appropriate, incorporates new information provided by the commenters. In addition, the Final SRIA makes adjustments to the methodology used to estimate the costs and benefits of applying the final flight, duty, and rest rule to cargo-only operations, and includes additional sensitivity analyses. The results of the Final SRIA concludes that the base-case benefits of applying the flight, duty, and rest rule to cargo-only operations would be about $3 million, and the high-case benefits of doing so would be about $10 million. Conversely, the costs of applying the flight, duty, and rest rule to cargo-only operations would be about $452 million. Because the results of the analysis continue to indicate that the costs of mandating all-cargo operation compliance with the new flight, duty, and rest rule significantly outweigh the benefits, the FAA has determined that no revisions to the final rule are warranted.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-26783 RIN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of policy. Effective November 13, 2014. If implementation by the International Civil Aviation Organization of Amendment 172 to Annex 1 is delayed, the FAA will publish notification of the date changes. 14 CFR Parts 61 and 121 This document notifies the public of the Federal Aviation Administration's policy regarding enforcement of the pilot pairing requirement in the “Part 121 Pilot Age Limit” final rule. Currently, while the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) standards allow a person between the age of 60 and 65 to serve as pilot in command (PIC) of an airplane with two or more pilots, in international commercial air transport operations, the PIC must be paired with a pilot younger than 60 years of age. Parts 61 and 121 of title 14, of the Code of Federal Regulations contain similar limitations. However, a recent amendment to the ICAO standards would remove this pilot pairing requirement. Instead, all pilots serving on airplanes in international commercial air transport operations with more than one pilot may serve beyond 60 years of age (until age 65) without being paired with a pilot under 60 years of age. This ICAO amendment triggers the sunset of the statutory authority that provides the basis for the crew pairing limitations in title 14.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-26212 RIN AC 120-66C DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of availability of proposed revision to Advisory Circular for Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP); Extension of comment period. The comment period for the Notice of availability of proposed revision to Advisory Circular for Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) published on September 5, 2014, was scheduled to close on November 4, 2014, and is extended until January 5, 2015. 14 CFR Parts 121 and 145 This action extends the comment period for the Notice of availability of proposed revision to Advisory Circular for Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP) that was published on September 5, 2014. In that document, the FAA proposed to clarify FAA policy, facilitate achievement of an ASAP's safety goals, and encourage wider participation in the program. Multiple industry groups have requested that the FAA extend the comment period closing date to allow time to prepare comments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-21964 RIN 2120-AK32 Docket No. FAA-2014-0554 Notice No. 14-08 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before November 18, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 1, 121, 125, and 135 This rulemaking would replace Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 106 with acceptance criteria for portable oxygen concentrators to be used by passengers in air carrier operations, commercial operations and certain other operations using large aircraft. Currently, the agency assesses each portable oxygen concentrator on a case-by-case basis to determine whether it is safe for use on board aircraft. If the agency determines that a portable oxygen concentrator is safe for use on board aircraft, the specific model is identified in regulations. This rulemaking would replace the burdensome approval process with acceptance criteria and a requirement for manufacturers to demonstrate compliance by affixing a label on the exterior of the portable oxygen concentrator applied in a manner that ensures it will remain affixed for the life of the device. The proposed acceptance criteria and labeling requirement would only affect portable oxygen concentrators intended for use on board aircraft. Portable oxygen concentrators currently approved for use on board aircraft would not be affected by this proposal and will be listed in this rule as approved. This rulemaking would also eliminate redundant requirements and paperwork requirements that are not necessary for aviation safety thereby reducing burdens for portable oxygen concentrator manufacturers, passengers who use portable oxygen concentrators while traveling, and aircraft operators conducting air carrier operations, commercial operations or certain operations using large aircraft.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-21094 RIN AC 120-66C DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of availability of proposed revision to Advisory Circular for Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP), request for comment. Written comments must be received on or before November 4, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 121 and 145 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing the availability of proposed Advisory Circular (AC) 120-66C. AC 120-66C provides guidance for establishing an air transportation Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP).
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-18959 RIN 2120-AK30 Notice No. 14-07 Docket No. FAA-2014-0500 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before November 13, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 25, 121, and 129 This action would amend certain airworthiness regulations for transport category airplanes to require fuel tank designs that prevent a fuel tank explosion caused by flame propagation through the fuel tank vents from external fires. This action would add a new requirement for fuel tank vent fire protection and would increase the time available for passenger evacuation and emergency response. This proposed amendment would apply to applications for new type certificates and certain applications for amended or supplemental type certificates. It would also require certain airplanes produced in the future and operated by air carriers to meet the new standards.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-12982 RIN Docket No. FAA-2013-0944 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of availability. June 4, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 On November 13, 2013, the FAA sought comment on a proposed legal interpretation intended to clarify the qualification requirements for the pilot assigned as second in command on a flight in part 121 operations that require three or more pilots and the pilot who provides relief to the assigned second in command during the en route cruise portion of the flight. On April 29, 2014, the FAA issued a legal interpretation on these issues. This legal interpretation is available on the agency's Web site and in the docket for the proposed legal interpretation.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-11554 RIN 2120-AI76 Docket No. FAA-2006-25334 Amdt Nos. 91-332, 121-370, 125-64, and 135-130 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; technical amendment. Effective May 20, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 The FAA is amending regulations relating to the label required for FAA approved child restraint systems onboard aircraft. This final rule corrects minor technical errors in the codified regulations and updates a cross-reference.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-07172 RIN 2120-AK17 Docket No. FAA-2014-0205 Notice No. 14-03 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before June 30, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 requires the Federal Aviation Administration to initiate rulemaking to require air carriers conducting domestic, flag, and supplemental operations to make available on their Web sites information to enable passengers to determine which child safety seats can be used on aircraft in these operations. To fulfill the requirements of the Act, the FAA proposes to require air carriers to make available on their Web sites the width of the widest passenger seat in each class of service for each make, model and series of airplane used in passenger-carrying operations. If finalized as proposed, this rule would provide greater information to caregivers to help them determine whether a particular child restraint system will fit in an airplane seat. This proposal does not affect existing regulations regarding the use of child restraint systems on board airplanes or a passenger under the age of 2 traveling onboard aircraft with or without the use of a child restraint system.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-05287 RIN AC 120-UPRT and AC 120-109A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of availability of proposed Advisory Circular for Upset Prevention and Recovery Training and proposed revision to Advisory Circular for Stall Prevention and Recovery Training, request for comment. Written comments must be received on or before May 12, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 121, 135, and 142 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is announcing the availability of proposed Advisory Circulars (AC) 120-UPRT and 120-109A. AC 120-UPRT provides recommended practices and guidance for academic and flight simulation training device (FSTD) training for pilots to prevent developing upset conditions and ensure correct and consistent recovery responses to upsets. AC 120-109A provides guidance and best practices for training, testing, and checking for pilots to ensure correct responses to impending and full stalls.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-02991 RIN 2120-AJ17 Docket No. FAA-2012-0929 Amdt. No. 121-369 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective April 14, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 This final rule will prohibit flightcrew members in operations under part 121 from using a personal wireless communications device or laptop computer for personal use while at their duty station on the flight deck while the aircraft is being operated. This rule, which conforms FAA regulations with legislation, is intended to ensure that certain non-essential activities do not contribute to the challenge of task management on the flight deck or a loss of situational awareness due to attention to non-essential tasks.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-02121 RIN 2120-AK35 Docket No. FAA-2013-1013 Amdt. No. 121-367 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Immediately adopted final rule. Effective February 18, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 This action amends the FAA's rules for permitting use of portable oxygen concentrator (POC) devices on board aircraft, provided certain conditions in the SFAR are met. This action is necessary to allow all POC devices deemed acceptable by the FAA for use in air commerce to be available to the traveling public in need of oxygen therapy. Passengers will be able to carry these devices on board the aircraft and use them with the approval of the aircraft operator.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-02123 RIN 2120-AK11 Docket No. FAA-2012-1059 Amdts. No.: 121-368, 125-63, 135-128 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective April 4, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 121, 125, and 135 This rulemaking amends and harmonizes minimum altitudes for use of autopilots for transport category airplanes; it also enables the operational use of advanced autopilot and navigation systems by incorporating the capabilities of current and future autopilots, flight guidance systems, and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) guidance systems while protecting the continued use of legacy systems at current autopilot minimum use altitudes. Additionally, this final rule implements a performance-based approach, using the certified capabilities of autopilot systems as established by the Airplane Flight Manual (AFM) or as approved by the Administrator.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2014-00383 RIN 2120-AK27 Docket No. FAA-2013-0579 Amendment Nos. 91-329, 121-364 and 125-62 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; disposition of comments. January 13, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, and 125 On December 31, 2012, the FAA published a final rule with a request for comments amending the operating regulations for flight data recorders by correcting errors in recording rates in three different appendices. These errors created requirements that could not be met by certain airplanes without extensive modification, which was not intended when the requirements were adopted. The corrected recording rates are as intended when the applicable flight data recorder parameter requirements were adopted, but which had been omitted from the then current publication of the regulatory text.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-30603 RIN 2120-AJ67 Docket No. FAA-2010-0100 Amdt. Nos. 61-130B, 121-365A, 135-127A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; technical amendment. Effective Date: December 24, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 61, 121, and 135 The FAA is correcting a final rule published on July 15, 2013 (78 FR 42324). In that rule, the FAA amended its regulations to create new certification and qualification requirements for pilots in air carrier operations. The FAA unintentionally required without notice and comment a pilot serving as a second in command in part 135 commuter operations to have an airline transport pilot certificate and an aircraft type rating, and a pilot in command in part 135 commuter operations to have 1,000 hours of air carrier experience. This document corrects those errors and makes several additional miscellaneous corrections.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-27539 RIN 2120-AJ58 Docket No. FAA-2009-1093 Amdt. Nos. 117-1, 119-16, 121-357 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; technical correction. Effective January 4, 2014. 14 CFR Parts 117 and 121 The FAA is correcting the final flightcrew member duty and rest rule published on January 4, 2012. In that rule, the FAA amended its existing flight, duty and rest regulations applicable to certificate holders and their flightcrew members operating certain domestic, flag, and supplemental operations. This document corrects several issues requiring a technical correction in the codified text of the final flightcrew member duty and rest rule.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-26919 RIN Docket No. FAA-2013-0944 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Proposed legal interpretation. Comments must be received on or before January 13, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 The FAA is proposing to clarify the qualification requirements for the pilot assigned as second in command on a flight in part 121 operations that requires three or more pilots and the pilot who provides relief to the assigned second in command during the en route cruise portion of the flight.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-26845 RIN 2120-AJ00 Docket No. FAA-2008-0677 Amdt. No. 121-366 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective March 12, 2014. 14 CFR Part 121 This final rule revises the training requirements for pilots in air carrier operations. The regulations enhance air carrier pilot training programs by emphasizing the development of pilots' manual handling skills and adding safety-critical tasks such as recovery from stall and upset. The final rule also requires enhanced runway safety training and pilot monitoring training to be incorporated into existing requirements for scenario-based flight training and requires air carriers to implement remedial training programs for pilots. The FAA expects these changes to contribute to a reduction in aviation accidents. Additionally, the final rule revises recordkeeping requirements for communications between the flightcrew and dispatch; ensures that personnel identified as flight attendants have completed flight attendant training and qualification requirements; provides civil enforcement authority for making fraudulent statements; and, provides a number of conforming and technical changes to existing air carrier crewmember training and qualification requirements. The final rule also includes provisions that provide opportunities for air carriers to modify training program requirements for flightcrew members when the air carrier operates multiple aircraft types with similar design and flight handling characteristics.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-23522 RIN 2120-AG89 Docket No. FAA-2000-7119 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; notice of policy change and availability. This action becomes effective September 27, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 121 and 135 This action supplements the preamble published in the Federal Register on April 12, 2001 (66 FR 19028). The FAA has reviewed data for automated external defibrillators and enhanced emergency medical kits to amend the “no go” provision. Data show that allowing these items to be incomplete, missing, or inoperative for one flight in accordance with the FAA master minimum equipment list does not adversely affect aviation safety. This action provides notice of the data finding and makes available the corresponding policy change for the one-flight relief for use of emergency medical equipment.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-21698 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Notice No. 1209 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM); extension of comment period. The comment period for the NPRM published on June 11, 2013, was scheduled to close on September 9, 2013, and is extended until October 15, 2013. 14 CFR Part 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135 This action extends the comment period for an NPRM that was published on June 11, 2013. In that document, the FAA proposed to permit operators to use an EFVS in lieu of natural vision to continue descending from 100 feet height above runway touchdown zone elevation and land on certain straight-in instrument approach procedures under instrument flight rules. This rule would also permit certain operators using EFVS-equipped aircraft to dispatch, release, or takeoff under instrument flight rules (IFR), and to initiate and continue an approach, when the destination airport weather is below authorized visibility minimums for the runway of intended landing. Pilot training, recent flight experience, and proficiency would be required for operators who use EFVS in lieu of natural vision to descend below decision altitude, decision height, or minimum descent altitude. EFVS-equipped aircraft conducting operations to touchdown and rollout would be required to meet additional airworthiness requirements. This rule would also revise pilot compartment view certification requirements for all vision systems. Given the technical complexity of the NPRM, Dassault-Aviation has requested that the FAA extend the comment period to October 15, 2013 to allow time to adequately analyze the NPRM and provide meaningful comments.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-20841 RIN Docket No. FAA-2012-0953 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of availability; final policy and disposition of comments. This action becomes effective September 26, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, 125, and 135 This notice announces the availability of a new policy statement regarding the regulation of some occupational safety and health conditions affecting cabin crewmembers on aircraft by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. This policy statement will enhance occupational safety and health in the aircraft cabin by establishing the extent to which the Occupational Safety and Health Administration requirements may apply to the working conditions of aircraft cabin crew while they are onboard aircraft in operation.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. C1-2013-16849 RIN 2120-AJ67 Docket No. FAA-2010-0100 Amdt. Nos. 61-130 121-365 135-127 141-1 142-9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Parts 61, 121, 135, 141, and 142
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-16849 RIN 2120-AJ67 Docket No. FAA-2010-0100 Amdt. Nos. 61-130 121-365 135-127 141-1 142-9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule. Effective Date: July 15, 2013. This final rule will be effective immediately upon publication in the Federal Register . Section 553(d)(3) of the Administrative Procedure Act provides that publication of a rule shall be made not less than 30 days before its effective date, except “for good cause found and published with the rule.” 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3). Consistent with section 553(d)(3), and for reasons discussed in Section III.H.6, the FAA finds good cause exists to publish this final rule with an immediate effective date. Compliance Date: Unless otherwise noted in the regulatory text, compliance with the provisions of this rule is required by August 1, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 61, 121, 135, 141, and 142 This action creates new certification and qualification requirements for pilots in air carrier operations. As a result of this action, a second in command (first officer) in domestic, flag, and supplemental operations must now hold an airline transport pilot certificate and an airplane type rating for the aircraft to be flown. An airline transport pilot certificate requires that a pilot be 23 years of age and have 1,500 hours total time as a pilot. Pilots with fewer than 1,500 flight hours may qualify for a restricted privileges airline transport pilot certificate beginning at 21 years of age if they are a military-trained pilot, have a bachelor's degree with an aviation major, or have an associate's degree with an aviation major. The restricted privileges airline transport pilot certificate will also be available to pilots with 1,500 flight hours who are at least 21 years of age. This restricted privileges airline transport pilot certificate allows a pilot to serve as second in command in domestic, flag, and supplemental operations not requiring more than two pilot flightcrew members. This rule also retains the second-class medical certification requirement for a second in command in part 121 operations. Pilots serving as an air carrier pilot in command (captain) must have, in addition to an airline transport pilot certificate, at least 1,000 flight hours in air carrier operations. This rule also adds to the eligibility requirements for an airline transport pilot certificate with an airplane category multiengine class rating or an airline transport pilot certificate obtained concurrently with a type rating. To receive an airline transport pilot certificate with a multiengine class rating a pilot must have 50 hours of multiengine flight experience and must have completed a new FAA-approved Airline Transport Pilot Certification Training Program. This new training program will include academic coursework and training in a flight simulation training device. These requirements will ensure that a pilot has the proper qualifications, training, and experience before entering an air carrier environment as a pilot flightcrew member.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-16011 RIN 2120-AK27 Docket No. FAA-2013-0579 Amendment Nos. 91-329, 121-364 and 125-62 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; request for comments. Effective September 3, 2013. Submit comments on or before August 2, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 91, 121 and 125 This action amends the operating regulations for flight data recorders by correcting errors in recording rates in three different appendices. These errors create requirements that could not be met by certain airplanes without extensive modification, which was not intended when the requirements were adopted. The corrected recording rates are as intended when the applicable flight data recorder parameter requirements were adopted, but which have been omitted from the current publication of the regulatory text.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-13454 RIN 2120-AJ94 Docket No. FAA-2013-0485 Notice No. 1209 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM). Send comments on or before September 9, 2013. 14 CFR Parts 1, 23, 25, 27, 29, 61, 91, 121, 125, and 135 The FAA is proposing to permit operators to use an Enhanced Flight Vision System (EFVS) in lieu of natural vision to continue descending from 100 feet above the touchdown zone elevation to the runway and land on certain straight-in instrument approach procedures under instrument flight rules (IFR). This proposal would also permit certain operators using EFVS-equipped aircraft to dispatch, release, or takeoff under IFR, and to initiate and continue an approach, when the destination airport weather is below authorized visibility minimums for the runway of intended landing. Under this proposal, pilot training, recent flight experience, and proficiency would be required for operators who use EFVS in lieu of natural vision to descend below decision altitude, decision height, or minimum descent altitude. EFVS-equipped aircraft conducting operations to touchdown and rollout would be required to meet additional airworthiness requirements. This proposal would also revise pilot compartment view certification requirements for vision systems using a transparent display surface located in the pilot's outside view. The proposal would take advantage of advanced vision capabilities thereby achieving the NextGen goals of increasing access, efficiency, and throughput at many airports when low visibility is the limiting factor. Additionally, it would enable EFVS operations in reduced visibilities on a greater number of approach procedure types while maintaining an equivalent level of safety.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-07375 RIN Docket No. FAA-2012-1239 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Notice of Draft Interpretation. Comments must be received on or before May 2, 2013. 14 CFR Part 121 This action provides interested persons with the opportunity to comment on the FAA's draft interpretation regarding nonstop international supplemental operations scheduled for longer than 12 hours. Additionally, this draft interpretation discusses the appropriate international flight time limitations that would apply to the operation. As discussed in the draft interpretation, the FAA finds that the operation of such flights would be precluded under the flight time limitations of the “U.S. mainland rules” found in the supplemental flight and duty rules. However, the operation could be conducted under the “international rules” provisions of our regulations.
GPO FDSys XML | Text type regulations.gov FR Doc. 2013-05791 RIN 2120-AJ43 Docket No. FAA-2009-0675 Amendment No. 121-363 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Federal Aviation Administration Final rule; technical amendment. Effective March 13, 2013. 14 CFR Part 121 The FAA is correcting a final rule published on August 22, 2011 (76 FR 52241). In that rule, the FAA amended its regulations to create new operating rules for flight in icing conditions. This document corrects an error in the amendatory language of the final rule which inadvertently led to the omission of the new section from the Code of Federal Regulations.