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§ 135.81 

free and uninterrupted access to the 
pilot compartment of that aircraft. 
However, this paragraph does not limit 
the emergency authority of the pilot in 
command to exclude any person from 
the pilot compartment in the interest 
of safety. 

(b) A forward observer’s seat on the 

flight deck, or forward passenger seat 
with headset or speaker must be pro-
vided for use by the Administrator 
while conducting en route inspections. 
The suitability of the location of the 
seat and the headset or speaker for use 
in conducting en route inspections is 
determined by the Administrator. 

§ 135.76

DOD Commercial Air Carrier 

Evaluator’s Credentials: Admission 
to pilots compartment: Forward ob-
server’s seat. 

(a) Whenever, in performing the du-

ties of conducting an evaluation, a 
DOD commercial air carrier evaluator 
presents S&A Form 110B, ‘‘DOD Com-
mercial Air Carrier Evaluator’s Cre-
dential,’’ to the pilot in command of an 
aircraft operated by the certificate 
holder, the evaluator must be given 
free and uninterrupted access to the pi-
lot’s compartment of that aircraft. 
However, this paragraph does not limit 
the emergency authority of the pilot in 
command to exclude any person from 
the pilot compartment in the interest 
of safety. 

(b) A forward observer’s seat on the 

flight deck or forward passenger seat 
with headset or speaker must be pro-
vided for use by the evaluator while 
conducting en route evaluations. The 
suitability of the location of the seat 
and the headset or speaker for use in 
conducting en route evaluations is de-
termined by the FAA. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2003–15571, 68 FR 41218, July 
10, 2003] 

§ 135.77

Responsibility for operational 

control. 

Each certificate holder is responsible 

for operational control and shall list, 
in the manual required by § 135.21, the 
name and title of each person author-
ized by it to exercise operational con-
trol. 

§ 135.78

Instrument approach proce-

dures and IFR landing minimums. 

No person may make an instrument 

approach at an airport except in ac-
cordance with IFR weather minimums 
and instrument approach procedures 
set forth in the certificate holder’s op-
erations specifications. 

[Doc. No. FAA–2002–14002, 72 FR 31684, June 7, 
2007] 

§ 135.79

Flight locating requirements. 

(a) Each certificate holder must have 

procedures established for locating 
each flight, for which an FAA flight 
plan is not filed, that— 

(1) Provide the certificate holder 

with at least the information required 
to be included in a VFR flight plan; 

(2) Provide for timely notification of 

an FAA facility or search and rescue 
facility, if an aircraft is overdue or 
missing; and 

(3) Provide the certificate holder 

with the location, date, and estimated 
time for reestablishing communica-
tions, if the flight will operate in an 
area where communications cannot be 
maintained. 

(b) Flight locating information shall 

be retained at the certificate holder’s 
principal place of business, or at other 
places designated by the certificate 
holder in the flight locating proce-
dures, until the completion of the 
flight. 

(c) Each certificate holder shall fur-

nish the representative of the Adminis-
trator assigned to it with a copy of its 
flight locating procedures and any 
changes or additions, unless those pro-
cedures are included in a manual re-
quired under this part. 

[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–110, 72 FR 31684, June 
7, 2007] 

§ 135.81

Informing personnel of oper-

ational information and appro-
priate changes. 

Each certificate holder shall inform 

each person in its employment of the 
operations specifications that apply to 
that person’s duties and responsibil-
ities and shall make available to each 
pilot in the certificate holder’s employ 
the following materials in current 
form: 

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