[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: 14CFR135.100]



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                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE

 

CHAPTER I--FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

                               (CONTINUED)

 

PART 135_OPERATING REQUIREMENTS: COMMUTER AND ON DEMAND OPERATIONS 

AND RULES GOVERNING PERSONS ON BOARD SUCH AIRCRAFT--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart B_Flight Operations

 

Sec. 135.100  Flight crewmember duties.



    (a) No certificate holder shall require, nor may any flight 

crewmember perform, any duties during a critical phase of flight except 

those duties required for the safe operation of the aircraft. Duties 

such as company required



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calls made for such nonsafety related purposes as ordering galley 

supplies and confirming passenger connections, announcements made to 

passengers promoting the air carrier or pointing out sights of interest, 

and filling out company payroll and related records are not required for 

the safe operation of the aircraft.

    (b) No flight crewmember may engage in, nor may any pilot in command 

permit, any activity during a critical phase of flight which could 

distract any flight crewmember from the performance of his or her duties 

or which could interfere in any way with the proper conduct of those 

duties. Activities such as eating meals, engaging in nonessential 

conversations within the cockpit and nonessential communications between 

the cabin and cockpit crews, and reading publications not related to the 

proper conduct of the flight are not required for the safe operation of 

the aircraft.

    (c) For the purposes of this section, critical phases of flight 

includes all ground operations involving taxi, takeoff and landing, and 

all other flight operations conducted below 10,000 feet, except cruise 

flight.



    Note: Taxi is defined as ``movement of an airplane under its own 

power on the surface of an airport.''



[Doc. No. 20661, 46 FR 5502, Jan. 19, 1981]