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§ 91.1009 

§ 91.1002

Compliance date. 

No person that conducted flights be-

fore November 17, 2003 under a program 
that meets the definition of fractional 
ownership program in § 91.1001 may 
conduct such flights after February 17, 
2005 unless it has obtained manage-
ment specifications under this subpart. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2001–10047, 68 FR 54561, Sept. 
17, 2003; 69 FR 74413, Dec. 14, 2004] 

§ 91.1003

Management contract be-

tween owner and program man-
ager. 

Each owner must have a contract 

with the program manager that— 

(a) Requires the program manager to 

ensure that the program conforms to 
all applicable requirements of this 
chapter. 

(b) Provides the owner the right to 

inspect and to audit, or have a designee 
of the owner inspect and audit, the 
records of the program manager per-
taining to the operational safety of the 
program and those records required to 
show compliance with the management 
specifications and all applicable regu-
lations. These records include, but are 
not limited to, the management speci-
fications, authorizations, approvals, 
manuals, log books, and maintenance 
records maintained by the program 
manager. 

(c) Designates the program manager 

as the owner’s agent to receive service 
of notices pertaining to the program 
that the FAA seeks to provide to own-
ers and authorizes the FAA to send 
such notices to the program manager 
in its capacity as the agent of the 
owner for such service. 

(d) Acknowledges the FAA’s right to 

contact the owner directly if the Ad-
ministrator determines that direct 
contact is necessary. 

§ 91.1005

Prohibitions and limitations. 

(a) Except as provided in § 91.321 or 

§ 91.501, no owner may carry persons or 
property for compensation or hire on a 
program flight. 

(b) During the term of the multi-year 

program agreements under which a 
fractional owner has obtained a min-
imum fractional ownership interest in 
a program aircraft, the flight hours 
used during that term by the owner on 

program aircraft must not exceed the 
total hours associated with the frac-
tional owner’s share of ownership. 

(c) No person may sell or lease an air-

craft interest in a fractional ownership 
program that is smaller than that pre-
scribed in the definition of ‘‘minimum 
fractional ownership interest’’ in 
§ 91.1001(b)(10) unless flights associated 
with that interest are operated under 
part 121 or 135 of this chapter and are 
conducted by an air carrier or commer-
cial operator certificated under part 
119 of this chapter. 

§ 91.1007

Flights conducted under part 

121 or part 135 of this chapter. 

(a) Except as provided in § 91.501(b), 

when a nonprogram aircraft is used to 
substitute for a program flight, the 
flight must be operated in compliance 
with part 121 or part 135 of this chap-
ter, as applicable. 

(b) A program manager who holds a 

certificate under part 119 of this chap-
ter may conduct a flight for the use of 
a fractional owner under part 121 or 
part 135 of this chapter if the aircraft is 
listed on that certificate holder’s oper-
ations specifications for part 121 or 
part 135, as applicable. 

(c) The fractional owner must be in-

formed when a flight is being con-
ducted as a program flight or is being 
conducted under part 121 or part 135 of 
this chapter. 

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§ 91.1009

Clarification of operational 

control. 

(a) An owner is in operational control 

of a program flight when the owner— 

(1) Has the rights and is subject to 

the limitations set forth in §§ 91.1003 
through 91.1013; 

(2) Has directed that a program air-

craft carry passengers or property des-
ignated by that owner; and 

(3) The aircraft is carrying those pas-

sengers or property. 

(b) An owner is not in operational 

control of a flight in the following cir-
cumstances: 

(1) A program aircraft is used for a 

flight for administrative purposes such 
as demonstration, positioning, 

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