Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 119.53

(i) The adoption of the applied for
amendment;
(ii) The partial adoption of the applied 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 section.
(4) If the responsible Flight Standards office approves the amendment,
following coordination with the certificate holder regarding its implementation, 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 operations specifications, the following
procedure applies:
(1) The certificate holder must petition for reconsideration of that decision within 30 days of the date that the
certificate holder receives a notice of
denial of the amendment to its operations specifications, or of the date it
receives notice of an FAA-initiated
amendment to its operations specifications, whichever circumstance applies.
(2) The certificate holder must address its petition to the Executive Director, 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 Standards office unless the responsible
Flight Standards office has found,
under paragraph (e) of this section,
that an emergency exists requiring immediate 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 Standards office finds that an emergency exists requiring immediate action with
respect to safety in air commerce or
air transportation that makes the procedures set out in this section impracticable or contrary to the public interest:
(1) The responsible Flight Standards
office amends the operations specifications and makes the amendment effective on the day the certificate holder
receives notice of it.

(2) In the notice to the certificate
holder, the responsible Flight Standards office articulates the reasons for
its finding that an emergency exists requiring immediate action with respect
to safety in air transportation or air
commerce or that makes it impracticable or contrary to the public interest
to stay the effectiveness of the amendment.
[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]

Section 119.53 Wet leasing of aircraft and
other arrangements for transportation by air.
(a) Unless otherwise authorized by
the Administrator, prior to conducting
operations involving a wet lease, each
certificate holder under this part authorized 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 operations under this subchapter, including foreign air carriers, or to any other
foreign person engaged in common carriage 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 operational 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 specifications 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., domestic, 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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