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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 65.50 

safe, orderly, and expeditious flow of 
air traffic. 

(b) An operator with a facility rating 

may control traffic at any operating 
position at the control tower at which 
he holds a facility rating. However, he 
may not issue an air traffic clearance 
for IFR flight without authorization 
from the appropriate facility exer-
cising IFR control at that location. 

(c) An operator who does not hold a 

facility rating for a particular control 
tower may act at each operating posi-
tion for which he has qualified, under 
the supervision of an operator holding 
a facility rating for that control tower. 

[Doc. No. 10193, 35 FR 12326, Aug. 1, 1970, as 
amended by Amdt. 65–16, 35 FR 14075, Sept. 4, 
1970] 

§§ 65.46–65.46b

[Reserved] 

§ 65.47

Maximum hours. 

Except in an emergency, a certifi-

cated air traffic control tower operator 
must be relieved of all duties for at 
least 24 consecutive hours at least once 
during each 7 consecutive days. Such 
an operator may not serve or be re-
quired to serve— 

(a) For more than 10 consecutive 

hours; or 

(b) For more than 10 hours during a 

period of 24 consecutive hours, unless 
he has had a rest period of at least 8 
hours at or before the end of the 10 
hours of duty. 

§ 65.49

General operating rules. 

(a) Except for a person employed by 

the FAA or employed by, or on active 
duty with, the Department of the Air 
Force, Army, or Navy, or the Coast 
Guard, no person may act as an air 
traffic control tower operator under a 
certificate issued to him or her under 
this part unless he or she has in his or 
her personal possession an appropriate 
current medical certificate issued 
under part 67 of this chapter. 

(b) Each person holding an air traffic 

control tower operator certificate shall 
keep it readily available when per-
forming duties in an air traffic control 
tower, and shall present that certifi-
cate or his medical certificate or both 
for inspection upon the request of the 
Administrator or an authorized rep-
resentative of the National Transpor-

tation Safety Board, or of any Federal, 
State, or local law enforcement officer. 

(c) A certificated air traffic control 

tower operator who does not hold a fa-
cility rating for a particular control 
tower may not act at any operating po-
sition at the control tower concerned 
unless there is maintained at that con-
trol tower, readily available to persons 
named in paragraph (b) of this section, 
a current record of the operating posi-
tions at which he has qualified. 

(d) An air traffic control tower oper-

ator may not perform duties under his 
certificate during any period of known 
physical deficiency that would make 
him unable to meet the physical re-
quirements for his current medical cer-
tificate. However, if the deficiency is 
temporary, he may perform duties that 
are not affected by it whenever another 
certificated and qualified operator is 
present and on duty. 

(e) A certificated air traffic control 

tower operator may not control air 
traffic with equipment that the Admin-
istrator has found to be inadequate. 

(f) The holder of an air traffic control 

tower operator certificate, or an appli-
cant for one, shall, upon the reasonable 
request of the Administrator, cooper-
ate fully in any test that is made of 
him. 

[Doc. No. 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, as 
amended by Amdt. 65–31, 52 FR 17519, May 8, 
1987] 

§ 65.50

Currency requirements. 

The holder of an air traffic control 

tower operator certificate may not per-
form any duties under that certificate 
unless— 

(a) He has served for at least three of 

the preceding 6 months as an air traffic 
control tower operator at the control 
tower to which his facility rating ap-
plies, or at the operating positions for 
which he has qualified; or 

(b) He has shown that he meets the 

requirements for his certificate and fa-
cility rating at the control tower con-
cerned, or for operating at positions for 
which he has previously qualified. 

Subpart C—Aircraft Dispatchers 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. FAA–1998–4553, 64 FR 

68923, Dec. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted. 

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