---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 119.55"
title: "14"
number: "119.55"
heading: "Obtaining deviation authority to perform operations under a U.S. military contract."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/119.55"
---

# §119.55. Obtaining deviation authority to perform operations under a U.S. military contract.

- (a) The Administrator may authorize a certificate holder that is authorized to conduct supplemental or on-demand operations to deviate from the applicable requirements of this part, [part 117](/cfr/14/part117.md), [part 121](/cfr/14/part121.md), or [part 135](/cfr/14/part135.md) of this chapter in order to perform operations under a U.S. military contract.
- (b) A certificate holder that has a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense's Air Mobility Command (AMC) must submit a request for deviation authority to AMC. AMC will review the requests, then forward the carriers' consolidated requests, along with AMC's recommendations, to the FAA for review and action.
- (c) The Administrator may authorize a deviation to perform operations under a U.S. military contract under the following conditions—
  - (1) The Department of Defense certifies to the Administrator that the operation is essential to the national defense;
  - (2) The Department of Defense further certifies that the certificate holder cannot perform the operation without deviation authority;
  - (3) The certificate holder will perform the operation under a contract or subcontract for the benefit of a U.S. armed service; and
  - (4) The Administrator finds that the deviation is based on grounds other than economic advantage either to the certificate holder or to the United States.
- (d) In the case where the Administrator authorizes a deviation under this section, the Administrator will issue an appropriate amendment to the certificate holder's operations specifications.
- (e) The Administrator may, at any time, terminate any grant of deviation authority issued under this section.

## Notes

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 119-16, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40101, 40102, 40103, 40113, 44105, 44106, 44111, 44701-44717, 44722, 44901, 44903, 44904, 44906, 44912, 44914, 44936, 44938, 46103, 46105; sec. 215, Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348.

### Source

Source: Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[Docket 28154, 60 FR 65913, Dec. 20, 1995, as amended by Amdt. 119-16, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 2012]