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§ 135.63 

citizens who were employed by air car-
riers at the time of issuance as flight 
crewmembers on United States reg-
istered aircraft engaged in inter-
national air commerce. The purpose of 
the certificate is to facilitate the entry 
and clearance of those crewmembers 
into ICAO contracting states. They 
were issued under Annex 9, as amended, 
to the Convention on International 
Civil Aviation. 

(b) The holder of a certificate issued 

under this section, or the air carrier by 
whom the holder is employed, shall 
surrender the certificate for cancella-
tion at the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office at the termination of the 
holder’s employment with that air car-
rier. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 30435, June 14, 1996, as 
amended by Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 
135–139, 83 FR 9175, Mar. 5, 2018] 

Subpart B—Flight Operations 

§ 135.61 General. 

This subpart prescribes rules, in addi-

tion to those in part 91 of this chapter, 
that apply to operations under this 
part. 

§ 135.63 Recordkeeping requirements. 

(a) Each certificate holder shall keep 

at its principal business office or at 
other places approved by the Adminis-
trator, and shall make available for in-
spection by the Administrator the fol-
lowing— 

(1) The certificate holder’s operating 

certificate; 

(2) The certificate holder’s operations 

specifications; 

(3) A current list of the aircraft used 

or available for use in operations under 
this part and the operations for which 
each is equipped; 

(4) An individual record of each pilot 

used in operations under this part, in-
cluding the following information: 

(i) The full name of the pilot. 
(ii) The pilot certificate (by type and 

number) and ratings that the pilot 
holds. 

(iii) The pilot’s aeronautical experi-

ence in sufficient detail to determine 
the pilot’s qualifications to pilot air-
craft in operations under this part. 

(iv) The pilot’s current duties and the 

date of the pilot’s assignment to those 
duties. 

(v) The effective date and class of the 

medical certificate that the pilot 
holds. 

(vi) The date and result of each of the 

initial and recurrent competency tests 
and proficiency and route checks re-
quired by this part and the type of air-
craft flown during that test or check. 

(vii) The pilot’s flight time in suffi-

cient detail to determine compliance 
with the flight time limitations of this 
part. 

(viii) The pilot’s check pilot author-

ization, if any. 

(ix) Any action taken concerning the 

pilot’s release from employment for 
physical or professional disqualifica-
tion. 

(x) The date of the completion of the 

initial phase and each recurrent phase 
of the training required by this part; 
and 

(5) An individual record for each 

flight attendant who is required under 
this part, maintained in sufficient de-
tail to determine compliance with the 
applicable portions of § 135.273 of this 
part. 

(b) Each certificate holder must keep 

each record required by paragraph 
(a)(3) of this section for at least 6 
months, and must keep each record re-
quired by paragraphs (a)(4) and (a)(5) of 
this section for at least 12 months. 

(c) For multiengine aircraft, each 

certificate holder is responsible for the 
preparation and accuracy of a load 
manifest in duplicate containing infor-
mation concerning the loading of the 
aircraft. The manifest must be pre-
pared before each takeoff and must in-
clude: 

(1) The number of passengers; 
(2) The total weight of the loaded air-

craft; 

(3) The maximum allowable takeoff 

weight for that flight; 

(4) The center of gravity limits; 
(5) The center of gravity of the load-

ed aircraft, except that the actual cen-
ter of gravity need not be computed if 
the aircraft is loaded according to a 
loading schedule or other approved 
method that ensures that the center of 
gravity of the loaded aircraft is within 
approved limits. In those cases, an