Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) - FAR-FC 2016: Federal Aviation Regulations for Flight Crew

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FAR Flight Crew
(Federal Aviation Regulations for Flight Crew)
2016 Edition

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2015 Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc.

This publication contains current regulations as of June 10, 2015.

None of the material in this publication supersedes any documents, procedures, or regulations issued by the Federal Aviation Administration.

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ASA-16-FAR-FC-EB
ISBN 978-1-61954-258-7

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Introduction

2016 FAR/AIM FAR for Flight Crew FAR for AMT

ASA has been supplying the standard reference of the industry, the FAR/AIM series, for three decades. The 2016 series continues to provide information directly from the Federal Aviation Regulations and the Aeronautical Information Manual, along with these important features:

All changes since the last edition are clearly identified

Includes suggested study list of AIM paragraphs and regulations pertinent to specific pilot certificates and ratings

Index includes both FAR and AIM terms to provide an alphabetized listing of subject matter for quick look-up

AIM produced with full-color graphics

Changes affecting the regulations can take place daily; the AIM changes every 6 months. ASA tracks all changes and offers you two options for free Updates:

Updates are posted on the ASA website that you can download for freego to www.asa2fly.com/farupdate

You may sign up on our website for ASAs free service to have Update notices automatically emailed to you

Visit the FAA website at www.faa.gov to review Advisory Circulars (AC), Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), current regulations, FSDO contact details, and FAA Orders and publications. Pilots operating internationally should be familiar with Customs and Border Patrol regulations, which can be found at www.cbp.gov.

Although ASA is not a government agency, and we do not write the regulations or the AIM, we do work closely with the FAA. Questions or concerns can be forwarded to our attention, and we will in turn pass the comments on to the FAA. They are interested in user-feedback and your comments could foster improvements in the regulations which affect the entire industry.

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Summary of Major Changes Since the 2015 Book was Published

14 CFR

Parts 5, 119

• New rule requires each Part 121 air carrier to develop and implement a safety management system (SMS) to improve the safety of its aviation-related activities.

Part 65

• Eliminates the requirement for an air traffic control tower operator to hold a control tower operator certificate if the individual also holds a Federal Aviation Administration Credential with a tower rating (FAA Credential).

Parts 121, 135

• Amends the maintenance regulations for domestic, flag, and supplemental operations, and for commuter and on-demand operations for aircraft type certificated with a passenger seating configuration of 10 seats or more (excluding any pilot seat), for the purpose of ensuring consistency between contract and in-house air carrier maintenance and enhance the oversight capabilities of both the air carriers and the FAA.

Part 135

• Changes the regulations affecting helicopter operations, departing IFR/VFR when weather reporting is not available.

49 CFR

Part 175

• Amends the requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations (HMR) governing the transportation of Class 7 (radioactive) materials to harmonize with international standards.
• Modifies the requirements governing the transportation of lithium cells and batteries, including hazard communication and packaging provisions.
• Amends the Hazardous Materials Regulations to maintain alignment with international standards, including changes to shipping names, hazard classes, packing groups, special provisions, packaging authorizations, air transport quantity limitations, and vessel stowage requirements.

Note: Changes affecting the regulations can take place daily. ASA tracks all changes and posts them on the ASA website so you always have the most current information. To view the rules currently in effect and to have Update notices automatically emailed to you, visit: www.asa2fly.com/farupdate

Pilots Bill of Rights

The following legislative excerpt was signed into law by the U.S. Congress. It is law pertinent to the aviation industry that is outside the usual placement of Title 14 or 49 Code of Federal Regulations, but is included here since it has a direct effect on all pilots. Current congressional bills can be found http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/.

Public Law 112153

112th Congress

An Act

To amend title 49, United States Code, to provide rights for pilots, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the Pilots Bill of Rights.

SEC. 2. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS AND ELIMINATION OF DEFERENCE.

(a) In General.Any proceeding conducted under subpart C, D, or F of part 821 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, relating to denial, amendment, modification, suspension, or revocation of an airman certificate, shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence.

(b) Access to Information.

(1) In general.Except as provided under paragraph (3), the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (referred to in this section as the Administrator) shall provide timely, written notification to an individual who is the subject of an investigation relating to the approval, denial, suspension, modification, or revocation of an airman certificate under chapter 447 of title 49, United States Code.

(2) Information required.The notification required under paragraph (1) shall inform the individual

(A) of the nature of the investigation;

(B) that an oral or written response to a Letter of Investigation from the Administrator is not required;

(C) that no action or adverse inference can be taken against the individual for declining to respond to a Letter of Investigation from the Administrator;