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§121.470. Applicability.

14 C.F.R. § 121.470

This subpart prescribes flight time limitations and rest requirements for domestic all-cargo operations, except that:
(a)
Certificate holders conducting operations with aircraft having a passenger seat configuration of 30 seats or fewer, excluding each crewmember seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500 pounds or less, may comply with the applicable requirements of §§ 135.261 through 135.273 of this chapter.
(b)
Certificate holders conducting scheduled operations entirely within the States of Alaska or Hawaii with aircraft having a passenger seat configuration of more than 30 seats, excluding each crewmember seat, or a payload capacity of more than 7,500 pounds, may comply with the requirements of this subpart or subpart R of this part for those operations.
(c)
A certificate holder may apply the flightcrew member flight time and duty limitations and requirements of part 117 of this chapter. A certificate holder may choose to apply part 117 to its—
(1)
Cargo operations conducted under contract to a U.S. government agency.
(2)
All-cargo operations not conducted under contract to a U.S. Government agency,
(3)
A certificate holder may elect to treat operations in paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this section differently but, once having decided to conduct those operations under part 117, may not segregate those operations between this subpart and part 117.
Notes, amendments, and revision history

Amendments

[Docket FAA-2009-1093, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 2012; Amdt. 121-357, 78 FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013, as amended by Docket FAA-2022-1563, Amdt. 121-390, 88 FR 48090, July 26, 2023]

Source

Source: Docket 23634, 50 FR 29319, July 18, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

Authority

Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40103, 40113, 40119, 41706, 42301 preceding note added by Pub. L. 112-95, sec. 412, 126 Stat. 89, 44101, 44701-44702, 44705, 44709-44711, 44713, 44716-44717, 44722, 44729, 44732; 46105; Pub. L. 111-216, 124 Stat. 2348 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note); Pub. L. 112-95, 126 Stat. 62 (49 U.S.C. 44732 note); Pub. L. 115-254, 132 Stat. 3186 (49 U.S.C. 44701 note).

Amendments

[Docket FAA-2009-1093, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 2012; Amdt. 121-357, 78 FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013, as amended by Docket FAA-2022-1563, Amdt. 121-390, 88 FR 48090, July 26, 2023]