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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 119.53 

(i) The adoption of the applied for 

amendment; 

(ii) The partial adoption of the ap-

plied for amendment; or 

(iii) The denial of the applied for 

amendment. The certificate holder 
may petition for reconsideration of a 
denial under paragraph (d) of this sec-
tion. 

(4) If the responsible Flight Stand-

ards office approves the amendment, 
following coordination with the certifi-
cate holder regarding its implementa-
tion, the amendment is effective on the 
date the Administrator approves it. 

(d) When a certificate holder seeks 

reconsideration of a decision from the 
responsible Flight Standards office 
concerning the amendment of oper-
ations specifications, the following 
procedure applies: 

(1) The certificate holder must peti-

tion for reconsideration of that deci-
sion within 30 days of the date that the 
certificate holder receives a notice of 
denial of the amendment to its oper-
ations specifications, or of the date it 
receives notice of an FAA-initiated 
amendment to its operations specifica-
tions, whichever circumstance applies. 

(2) The certificate holder must ad-

dress its petition to the Executive Di-
rector, Flight Standards Service. 

(3) A petition for reconsideration, if 

filed within the 30-day period, suspends 
the effectiveness of any amendment 
issued by the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office unless the responsible 
Flight Standards office has found, 
under paragraph (e) of this section, 
that an emergency exists requiring im-
mediate action with respect to safety 
in air transportation or air commerce. 

(4) If a petition for reconsideration is 

not filed within 30 days, the procedures 
of paragraph (c) of this section apply. 

(e) If the responsible Flight Stand-

ards office finds that an emergency ex-
ists requiring immediate action with 
respect to safety in air commerce or 
air transportation that makes the pro-
cedures set out in this section imprac-
ticable or contrary to the public inter-
est: 

(1) The responsible Flight Standards 

office amends the operations specifica-
tions and makes the amendment effec-
tive on the day the certificate holder 
receives notice of it. 

(2) In the notice to the certificate 

holder, the responsible Flight Stand-
ards office articulates the reasons for 
its finding that an emergency exists re-
quiring immediate action with respect 
to safety in air transportation or air 
commerce or that makes it impracti-
cable or contrary to the public interest 
to stay the effectiveness of the amend-
ment. 

[Doc. No. 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as 
amended by Amdt. 119–14, 76 FR 7488, Feb. 10, 
2011; Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 119–19, 83 
FR 9172, Mar. 5, 2018] 

§ 119.53

Wet leasing of aircraft and 

other arrangements for transpor-
tation by air. 

(a) Unless otherwise authorized by 

the Administrator, prior to conducting 
operations involving a wet lease, each 
certificate holder under this part au-
thorized to conduct common carriage 
operations under this subchapter shall 
provide the Administrator with a copy 
of the wet lease to be executed which 
would lease the aircraft to any other 
person engaged in common carriage op-
erations under this subchapter, includ-
ing foreign air carriers, or to any other 
foreign person engaged in common car-
riage wholly outside the United States. 

(b) No certificate holder under this 

part may wet lease from a foreign air 
carrier or any other foreign person or 
any person not authorized to engage in 
common carriage. 

(c) Upon receiving a copy of a wet 

lease, the Administrator determines 
which party to the agreement has oper-
ational control of the aircraft and 
issues amendments to the operations 
specifications of each party to the 
agreement, as needed. The lessor must 
provide the following information to be 
incorporated into the operations speci-
fications of both parties, as needed. 

(1) The names of the parties to the 

agreement and the duration thereof. 

(2) The nationality and registration 

markings of each aircraft involved in 
the agreement. 

(3) The kind of operation (e.g., do-

mestic, flag, supplemental, commuter, 
or on-demand). 

(4) The airports or areas of operation. 
(5) A statement specifying the party 

deemed to have operational control and 
the times, airports, or areas under 

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