2024-12621

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: • the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document • the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to • the agency docket number / agency internal file number • the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration • 14 CFR Parts 91, 121, and 135 • [Docket No. FAA-2019-0360; Amdt. Nos. 91-375, 121-392 and 135-145] • RIN 2120-AL12 AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: This action finalizes the substantive relief proposed in the notice of proposed rulemaking entitled Removal of Check Pilot Medical Certificate Requirement. It removes inconsistencies applicable to the qualification requirements for check pilots and flight instructors in domestic, flag, and supplemental operations and flight instructors in commuter and on-demand operations so that check pilots, check flight engineers, and flight instructors can continue to perform their functions in aircraft without a medical certificate unless they are serving as required flightcrew members. It also removes the medical certificate requirement for flight instructors in commuter and on-demand operations who perform their functions in aircraft and are not serving as required flightcrew members. Removing the conflicting medical certificate requirement enables the utilization of pilots who are otherwise qualified to function as check pilots, check flight engineers, and flight instructors in aircraft. Finally, this final rule updates related terminology. DATES: This rule is effective July 18, 2024. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Jackson, Aviation Safety Inspector, Air Transportation Division, Flight Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: 202-267-8166; email: joshua.jackson@faa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Executive Summary As discussed in the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM),[1] the regulations establishing the requirements for flight instructors and check airmen in parts 121 and 135 are unclear regarding the medical certificate requirements when flight instructors or check airmen perform their duties in aircraft. The regulations indicate that flight instructors conducting flight training and check airmen administering checks in aircraft must hold a third-class medical certificate when not serving as a required flightcrew member. Elsewhere, however, the regulations also state that no medical certificate is required unless the flight instructor or check airman is serving as a required crewmember. Additionally, part 135 check pilots (aircraft) were held to different medical certification standards than part 121 check pilots and flight instructors and part 135 flight instructors.[2] This final rule resolves the discrepancy in the pertinent regulations by clarifying that flight instructors, check pilots, and check flight engineers (FEs) must hold the appropriate medical certificate only when serving as required flightcrew members in an aircraft. The final rule also includes nonsubstantive nomenclature changes and reorganizes certain sections of parts 121 and 135. II. Authority for This Rulemaking The FAA's authority to issue rules on aviation safety is found in Title 49 of the United States Code (49 U.S.C.). Subtitle I, section 106 describes the authority of the FAA Administrator to promulgate rules and regulations. Subtitle VII of title 49, Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the FAA's authority. …

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