[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: 14CFR135.3]



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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 A_General

 

Sec. 135.3  Rules applicable to operations subject to this part.



    (a) Each person operating an aircraft in operations under this part 

shall--

    (1) While operating inside the United States, comply with the 

applicable rules of this chapter; and

    (2) While operating outside the United States, comply with Annex 2, 

Rules of the Air, to the Convention on International Civil Aviation or 

the regulations of any foreign country, whichever applies, and with any 

rules of parts 61 and 91 of this chapter and this part that are more 

restrictive than that Annex or those regulations and that can be 

complied with without violating that Annex or those regulations. Annex 2 

is incorporated by reference in Sec. 91.703(b) of this chapter.

    (b) After March 19, 1997, each certificate holder that conducts 

commuter operations under this part with airplanes in which two pilots 

are required by the type certification rules of this chapter shall 

comply with subparts N and O of part 121 of this chapter instead of the 

requirements of subparts E, G, and H of this part. Each affected 

certificate holder must submit to the Administrator and obtain approval 

of a transition plan (containing a calendar of events) for moving from 

its present part 135 training, checking, testing, and qualification 

requirements to the requirements of part 121 of this chapter. Each 

transition plan must be submitted by March 19, 1996, and must contain 

details on how the certificate holder plans to be in compliance with 

subparts N and O of part 121 on or before March 19, 1997.

    (c) If authorized by the Administrator upon application, each 

certificate holder that conducts operations under this part to which 

paragraph (b) of this section does not apply, may comply with the 

applicable sections of subparts N and O of part 121 instead of the 

requirements of subparts E, G, and H of this part, except that those 

authorized certificate holders may choose to comply with the operating 

experience requirements of Sec. 135.244, instead of the requirements of 

Sec. 121.434 of this chapter.



[Doc. No. 27993, 60 FR 65949, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 135-65, 

61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996]