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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 91.1047
(d) Validation testing is required to
determine that a program manager is
capable of conducting operations safely
and in compliance with applicable reg-
ulatory standards. Validation tests are
required for the following authoriza-
tions:
(1) The addition of an aircraft for
which two pilots are required for oper-
ations under VFR or a turbojet air-
plane, if that aircraft or an aircraft of
the same make or similar design has
not been previously proved or validated
in operations under this part.
(2) Operations outside U.S. airspace.
(3) Class II navigation authoriza-
tions.
(4) Special performance or oper-
ational authorizations.
(e) Validation tests must be accom-
plished by test methods acceptable to
the Administrator. Actual flights may
not be required when an applicant can
demonstrate competence and compli-
ance with appropriate regulations
without conducting a flight.
(f) Proving tests and validation tests
may be conducted simultaneously
when appropriate.
(g) The Administrator may authorize
deviations from this section if the Ad-
ministrator finds that special cir-
cumstances make full compliance with
this section unnecessary.
§ 91.1043
[Reserved]
§ 91.1045
Additional equipment re-
quirements.
No person may operate a program
aircraft on a program flight unless the
aircraft is equipped with the fol-
lowing—
(a) Airplanes having a passenger-seat
configuration of more than 30 seats or
a payload capacity of more than 7,500
pounds:
(1) A cockpit voice recorder as re-
quired by § 121.359 of this chapter as ap-
plicable to the aircraft specified in
that section.
(2) A flight recorder as required by
§ 121.343 or § 121.344 of this chapter as
applicable to the aircraft specified in
that section.
(3) A terrain awareness and warning
system as required by § 121.354 of this
chapter as applicable to the aircraft
specified in that section.
(4) A traffic alert and collision avoid-
ance system as required by § 121.356 of
this chapter as applicable to the air-
craft specified in that section.
(5) Airborne weather radar as re-
quired by § 121.357 of this chapter, as
applicable to the aircraft specified in
that section.
(b) Airplanes having a passenger-seat
configuration of 30 seats or fewer, ex-
cluding each crewmember, and a pay-
load capacity of 7,500 pounds or less,
and any rotorcraft (as applicable):
(1) A cockpit voice recorder as re-
quired by § 135.151 of this chapter as ap-
plicable to the aircraft specified in
that section.
(2) A flight recorder as required by
§ 135.152 of this chapter as applicable to
the aircraft specified in that section.
(3) A terrain awareness and warning
system as required by § 135.154 of this
chapter as applicable to the aircraft
specified in that section.
(4) A traffic alert and collision avoid-
ance system as required by § 135.180 of
this chapter as applicable to the air-
craft specified in that section.
(5) As applicable to the aircraft speci-
fied in that section, either:
(i) Airborne thunderstorm detection
equipment as required by § 135.173 of
this chapter; or
(ii) Airborne weather radar as re-
quired by § 135.175 of this chapter.
§ 91.1047
Drug and alcohol misuse edu-
cation program.
(a) Each program manager must pro-
vide each direct employee performing
flight crewmember, flight attendant,
flight instructor, or aircraft mainte-
nance duties with drug and alcohol
misuse education.
(b) No program manager may use any
contract employee to perform flight
crewmember, flight attendant, flight
instructor, or aircraft maintenance du-
ties for the program manager unless
that contract employee has been pro-
vided with drug and alcohol misuse
education.
(c) Program managers must disclose
to their owners and prospective owners
the existence of a company drug and
alcohol misuse testing program. If the
program manager has implemented a
company testing program, the program
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