Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 135.2

Subpart A - General
Section 135.1 Applicability.
(a) This part prescribes rules governing - 
(1) The commuter or on-demand operations of each person who holds or is
required to hold an Air Carrier Certificate or Operating Certificate under
part 119 of this chapter.
(2) Each person employed or used by
a certificate holder conducting operations under this part including the
maintenance, preventative maintenance and alteration of an aircraft.
(3) The transportation of mail by aircraft conducted under a postal service
contract awarded under 39 U.S.C. 5402c.
(4) Each person who applies for provisional approval of an Advanced Qualification Program curriculum, curriculum segment, or portion of a curriculum segment under subpart Y of
part 121 of this chapter of 14 CFR part
121 and each person employed or used
by an air carrier or commercial operator under this part to perform training, qualification, or evaluation functions under an Advanced Qualification
Program under subpart Y of part 121 of
this chapter of 14 CFR part 121.
(5) Nonstop Commercial Air Tour
flights conducted for compensation or
hire in accordance with Section 119.1(e)(2) of
this chapter that begin and end at the
same airport and are conducted within
a 25-statute-mile radius of that airport;
provided further that these operations
must comply only with the drug and
alcohol
testing
requirements
in
SectionSection 120.31, 120.33, 120.35, 120.37, and 120.39
of this chapter; and with the provisions
of part 136, subpart A, and Section 91.147 of
this chapter by September 11, 2007.
(6) Each person who is on board an
aircraft being operated under this part.
(7) Each person who is an applicant
for an Air Carrier Certificate or an Operating Certificate under 119 of this
chapter, when conducting proving
tests.
(8) Commercial Air tours conducted
by holders of operations specifications
issued under this part must comply
with the provisions of part 136, Subpart
A of this chapter by September 11, 2007.
(9) Helicopter air ambulance operations as defined in Section 135.601(b)(1).
(b) [Reserved]

(c) An operator who does not hold a
part 119 certificate and who operates
under the provisions of Section 91.147 of this
chapter is permitted to use a person
who is otherwise authorized to perform
aircraft maintenance or preventive
maintenance duties and who is not subject to anti-drug and alcohol misuse
prevent programs to perform - 
(1) Aircraft maintenance or preventive maintenance on the operator-s aircraft if the operator would otherwise
be required to transport the aircraft
more than 50 nautical miles further
than the repair point closest to operator-s principal place of operation to obtain these services; or
(2) Emergency repairs on the operator-s aircraft if the aircraft cannot be
safely operated to a location where an
employee subject to FAA-approved programs can perform the repairs.
[Doc. No. 16097, 43 FR 46783, Oct. 10, 1978]
EDITORIAL NOTE: For FEDERAL REGISTER citations affecting Section 135.1, see the List of CFR
Sections Affected, which appears in the
Finding Aids section of the printed volume
and at www.govinfo.gov.

Section 135.2 Compliance schedule for operators that transition to part 121 of
this chapter; certain new entrant
operators.
(a) Applicability. This section applies
to the following:
(1) Each certificate holder that was
issued an air carrier or operating certificate and operations specifications
under the requirements of part 135 of
this chapter or under SFAR No. 38-2 of
14 CFR part 121 before January 19, 1996,
and that conducts scheduled passengercarrying operations with:
(i) Nontransport category turbopropeller powered airplanes type certificated after December 31, 1964, that
have a passenger seat configuration of
10-19 seats;
(ii)
Transport
category
turbopropeller powered airplanes that have a
passenger seat configuration of 20-30
seats; or
(iii) Turbojet engine powered airplanes having a passenger seat configuration of 1-30 seats.
(2) Each person who, after January
19, 1996, applies for or obtains an initial
air carrier or operating certificate and
operations specifications to conduct

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