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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 135.2
Subpart A—General
§ 135.1 Applicability.
(a) This part prescribes rules gov-
erning—
(1) The commuter or on-demand oper-
ations of each person who holds or is
required to hold an Air Carrier Certifi-
cate or Operating Certificate under
part 119 of this chapter.
(2) Each person employed or used by
a certificate holder conducting oper-
ations under this part including the
maintenance, preventative mainte-
nance and alteration of an aircraft.
(3) The transportation of mail by air-
craft conducted under a postal service
contract awarded under 39 U.S.C. 5402c.
(4) Each person who applies for provi-
sional approval of an Advanced Quali-
fication Program curriculum, cur-
riculum segment, or portion of a cur-
riculum segment under subpart Y of
part 121 of this chapter of 14 CFR part
121 and each person employed or used
by an air carrier or commercial oper-
ator under this part to perform train-
ing, qualification, or evaluation func-
tions under an Advanced Qualification
Program under subpart Y of part 121 of
this chapter of 14 CFR part 121.
(5) Nonstop Commercial Air Tour
flights conducted for compensation or
hire in accordance with § 119.1(e)(2) of
this chapter that begin and end at the
same airport and are conducted within
a 25-statute-mile radius of that airport;
provided further that these operations
must comply only with the drug and
alcohol testing requirements in
§§ 120.31, 120.33, 120.35, 120.37, and 120.39
of this chapter; and with the provisions
of part 136, subpart A, and § 91.147 of
this chapter by September 11, 2007.
(6) Each person who is on board an
aircraft being operated under this part.
(7) Each person who is an applicant
for an Air Carrier Certificate or an Op-
erating Certificate under 119 of this
chapter, when conducting proving
tests.
(8) Commercial Air tours conducted
by holders of operations specifications
issued under this part must comply
with the provisions of part 136, Subpart
A of this chapter by September 11, 2007.
(9) Helicopter air ambulance oper-
ations as defined in § 135.601(b)(1).
(b) [Reserved]
(c) An operator who does not hold a
part 119 certificate and who operates
under the provisions of § 91.147 of this
chapter is permitted to use a person
who is otherwise authorized to perform
aircraft maintenance or preventive
maintenance duties and who is not sub-
ject to anti-drug and alcohol misuse
prevent programs to perform—
(1) Aircraft maintenance or preven-
tive maintenance on the operator’s air-
craft if the operator would otherwise
be required to transport the aircraft
more than 50 nautical miles further
than the repair point closest to opera-
tor’s principal place of operation to ob-
tain these services; or
(2) Emergency repairs on the opera-
tor’s aircraft if the aircraft cannot be
safely operated to a location where an
employee subject to FAA-approved pro-
grams can perform the repairs.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978]
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EGISTER
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tations affecting § 135.1, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at
www.govinfo.gov.
§ 135.2 Compliance schedule for opera-
tors that transition to part 121 of
this chapter; certain new entrant
operators.
(a)
Applicability.
This section applies
to the following:
(1) Each certificate holder that was
issued an air carrier or operating cer-
tificate and operations specifications
under the requirements of part 135 of
this chapter or under SFAR No. 38–2 of
14 CFR part 121 before January 19, 1996,
and that conducts scheduled passenger-
carrying operations with:
(i) Nontransport category turbo-
propeller powered airplanes type cer-
tificated after December 31, 1964, that
have a passenger seat configuration of
10–19 seats;
(ii) Transport category turbo-
propeller powered airplanes that have a
passenger seat configuration of 20–30
seats; or
(iii) Turbojet engine powered air-
planes having a passenger seat configu-
ration of 1–30 seats.
(2) Each person who, after January
19, 1996, applies for or obtains an initial
air carrier or operating certificate and
operations specifications to conduct