Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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 exercising 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 position 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]

SectionSection 65.46-65.46b

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Section 65.47 Maximum hours.
Except in an emergency, a certificated 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 required 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.
Section 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 performing duties in an air traffic control
tower, and shall present that certificate or his medical certificate or both
for inspection upon the request of the
Administrator or an authorized representative 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 facility rating for a particular control
tower may not act at any operating position at the control tower concerned
unless there is maintained at that control tower, readily available to persons
named in paragraph (b) of this section,
a current record of the operating positions at which he has qualified.
(d) An air traffic control tower operator may not perform duties under his
certificate during any period of known
physical deficiency that would make
him unable to meet the physical requirements for his current medical certificate. 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 Administrator has found to be inadequate.
(f) The holder of an air traffic control
tower operator certificate, or an applicant for one, shall, upon the reasonable
request of the Administrator, cooperate 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]

Section 65.50

Currency requirements.

The holder of an air traffic control
tower operator certificate may not perform 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 applies, or at the operating positions for
which he has qualified; or
(b) He has shown that he meets the
requirements for his certificate and facility rating at the control tower concerned, or for operating at positions for
which he has previously qualified.

Subpart C - Aircraft Dispatchers
SOURCE: Docket No. FAA-1998-4553, 64 FR
68923, Dec. 8, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

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