[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 14, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 14CFR323.14]

[Page 344]
 
                     TITLE 14--AERONAUTICS AND SPACE
 
   CHAPTER II--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
                         (AVIATION PROCEEDINGS)
 
PART 323_TERMINATIONS, SUSPENSIONS, AND REDUCTIONS OF SERVICE--Table of 
 
Sec. 323.14  Temporary suspension authority for involuntary interruption of 

service.

    (a) Any air carrier may temporarily suspend service without filing a 
notice under Sec. 323.3 for any interruption of service that the 
carrier cannot reasonably be expected to foresee or control, such as 
rules, standards, or other action, or inaction, of the Administrator of 
the Federal Aviation Administration or of a foreign government, 
emergency measures, strikes, weather conditions, construction work on 
airports, or disasters. However, the provisions of this paragraph shall 
apply to interruptions due to airport inadequacies only if the carrier 
is unable to serve the place through any airport convenient to the place 
with the type of equipment last regularly used to serve the place.
    (b) In the case of an interruption of service caused by a strike, 
the carrier shall give immediate notice of the interruption to DOT. 
Suspension authority under this section due to a strike shall expire 90 
days after employees return to work.
    (c) If service to a place is interrupted for more than 3 consecutive 
days for reasons beyond the carrier's control other than a strike, the 
holder shall give notice to DOT within 3 days following the date of 
first interruption, setting forth the date of first interruption and a 
full statement of the reasons for the interruption.
    (d) The notice required by paragraph (b) or (c) of this section 
shall be marked for the attention of the Director, Office of Aviation 
Analysis.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3024-0030)

[Docket No. 82, 50 FR 2430, Jan. 16, 1985, as amended by Doc. No. OST-
96-1269, 61 FR 19166, May 1, 1996]