907
Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 189.3
W
1
H
1
= hourly PC&B rate for employee 1,
times estimated hours
W
2
H
2
= hourly PC&B rate for employee 2,
etc., times estimated hours
T = estimated travel and transportation ex-
penses
O = other agency costs related to each activ-
ity including overhead.
(3) In no event will the applicant be
charged more than the actual FAA costs of
providing production certification-related
services.
(4) If the actual FAA costs vary from the
estimated fees by more than 10 percent, writ-
ten notice by the FAA will be given to the
applicant as soon as possible.
(5) If FAA costs exceed the estimated fees,
the applicant will be required to pay the dif-
ference prior to receiving further services. If
the estimated fees exceed the FAA costs, the
applicant may elect to apply the balance to
future agreements or to receive a refund.
(f) Fees will be reviewed by the FAA peri-
odically and adjusted either upward or down-
ward in order to reflect the current costs of
performing production certification-related
services outside the United States.
(1) Notice of any change to the elements of
the fee formula in this Appendix will be pub-
lished in the F
EDERAL
R
EGISTER
.
(2) Notice of any change to the method-
ology in this Appendix and other changes for
the fees will be published in the F
EDERAL
R
EGISTER
.
[Doc. No. 28967, 62 FR 55703, Oct. 27, 1997]
PART 189—USE OF FEDERAL AVIA-
TION ADMINISTRATION COMMU-
NICATIONS SYSTEM
Sec.
189.1
Scope.
189.3
Kinds of messages accepted or relayed.
189.5
Limitation of liability.
A
UTHORITY
: 31 U.S.C. 9701; 49 U.S.C. 106(g),
40104, 40113, 44502, 45303.
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 27778, 60 FR 39615, Aug.
2, 1995, unless otherwise noted.
§ 189.1 Scope.
This part describes the kinds of mes-
sages that may be transmitted or re-
layed by FAA Flight Service Stations.
§ 189.3 Kinds of messages accepted or
relayed.
(a) Flight Service Stations may ac-
cept for transmission over FAA com-
munication systems any messages con-
cerning international or overseas air-
craft operations described in para-
graphs (a) (1) through (6) of this sec-
tion. In addition, Flight Service Sta-
tions may relay any message described
in this section that was originally ac-
cepted for transmission at an FAA
Flight Service Station outside the 48
contiguous States, or was received
from a foreign station of the Aero-
nautical Fixed Telecommunications
Network that, in normal routing,
would require transit of the United
States to reach an overseas address:
(1) Distress messages and distress
traffic.
(2) Messages concerning the safety of
human life.
(3) Flight safety messages con-
cerning—
(i) Air traffic control, including—
(A) Messages concerning aircraft in
flight or about to depart;
(B) Departure messages;
(C) Flight plan departure messages;
(D) Arrival messages;
(E) Flight plan messages;
(F) Flight notification messages;
(G) Messages concerning flight can-
cellation; and
(H) Messages concerning delayed de-
parture;
(ii) Position reports from aircraft;
(iii) Messages originated by an air-
craft operating agency of immediate
concern to an aircraft in flight or
about to depart; and
(iv) Meteorological advice of imme-
diate concern to an aircraft in flight or
about to depart.
(4) Meteorological messages con-
cerning—
(i) Meteorological forecasts;
(ii) Meteorological observations ex-
clusively; or
(iii) Other meteorological informa-
tion exchanged between meteorological
offices.
(5) Aeronautical administrative mes-
sages—
(i) Concerning the operation or main-
tenance of facilities essential to the
safety or regulatory of aircraft oper-
ation;
(ii) Essential to efficient functioning
of aeronautical telecommunications; or
(iii) Between civil aviation authori-
ties concerning aircraft operation.
(6) Notices to airmen.
(b) The following messages may only
be relayed through the FAA commu-
nications systems:
