Section 129.18

14 CFR Ch. I (1-1-19 Edition)

paragraph (a) or (c) of this section, no
foreign air carrier may operate an aircraft unless it is equipped with at least
one approved DME or suitable RNAV
system.
[Doc. No. FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7,
2007]

Section 129.18 Collision avoidance system.
Effective January 1, 2005, any airplane you, as a foreign air carrier, operate under part 129 must be equipped
and operated according to the following table:
COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMS
If you operate in the
United States any
. . .

Then you must operate that airplane
with:

(a) Turbine-powered
airplane of more
than 33,000
pounds maximum
certificated takeoff weight.

(1) An appropriate class of Mode S
transponder that meets Technical
Standard Order (TSO) C-112, or a
later version, and one of the
followign approved units;
(i) TCAS II that meets TSO C-119b
(version 7.0), or takeoff weight a
later version.
(ii) TCAS II that meets TSO C-119a
(version 6.04A Enhanced) that was
installed in that airplane before May
1, 2003. If that TCAS II version
6.04A Enhanced no longer can be
repaired to TSO C-119a standards,
it must be replaced with a TCAS II
that meets TSO C-119b (version
7.0), or a later version.
(iii) A collision avoidance system equivalent to TSO C-119b (version 7.0),
or a later version, capable of coordinating with units that meet TSO C-
119a (version 6.04A Enhanced), or a
later version.
(1) TCAS I that meets TSO C-118, or
a later version, or
(2) A collision avoidance system equivalent to excluding any TSO C-118,
or a later version, or
(3) A collision avoidance system and
Mode S transponder that meet paragraph (a)(1) of this section.

(b) Turbine-powered
airplane with a
passenger-seat
configuration, excluding any pilot
seat, or 10-30
seats.

[Doc. No. FAA-2001-10910, 68 FR 15903, Apr. 1,
2003]

Section 129.19 Air traffic rules and procedures.
(a) Each pilot must be familiar with
the applicable rules, the navigational
and communications facilities, and the
air traffic control and other procedures, of the areas to be traversed by
him within the United States.
(b) Each foreign air carrier shall establish procedures to assure that each
of its pilots has the knowledge required

by paragraph (a) of this section and
shall check the ability of each of its pilots to operate safely according to applicable rules and procedures.
(c) Each foreign air carrier shall conform to the practices, procedures, and
other requirements prescribed by the
Administrator for U.S. air carriers for
the areas to be operated in.
Section 129.20

Digital flight data recorders.

No person may operate an aircraft
under this part that is registered in the
United States unless it is equipped
with one or more approved flight recorders that use a digital method of recording and storing data and a method
of readily retrieving that data from the
storage medium. The flight data recorder must record the parameters
that would be required to be recorded if
the aircraft were operated under part
121, 125, or 135 of this chapter, and must
be installed by the compliance times
required by those parts, as applicable
to the aircraft.
[Doc. No. 28109, 62 FR 38396, July 17, 1997]

Section 129.21

Control of traffic.

(a) Subject to applicable immigration
laws and regulations, each foreign air
carrier must furnish sufficient personnel necessary to provide two-way
voice communications between its aircraft and stations at places where the
FAA finds that communication is necessary but cannot be maintained in a
language with which station operators
are familiar.
(b) Each person furnished by a foreign air carrier under paragraph (a) of
this section must be able to speak
English and the language necessary to
maintain communications with its aircraft and must assist station operators
in directing traffic.
[Doc. No. FAA-2002-14002, 72 FR 31683, June 7,
2007]

Section 129.22 Communication and navigation equipment for rotorcraft operations under VFR over routes navigated by pilotage.
(a) No foreign air carrier may operate
a rotorcraft under VFR over routes
that can be navigated by pilotage unless the rotorcraft is equipped with the

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