Applicability and definitions.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) This subpart applies to each person operating or intending to operate a commercial air tour in an airplane, powered-lift, or rotorcraft and, when applicable, to all occupants of those aircraft engaged in a commercial air tour. When any requirement of this subpart is more stringent than any other requirement of this chapter, the person operating the commercial air tour must comply with the requirement in this subpart. (b) This subpart applies to: (1) Part 121 or 135 operators conducting a commercial air tour and holding a part 119 certificate; (2) Part 91 operators conducting flights as described in § 119.1(e)(2); and (3) Part 91 operators conducting flights as described in 14 CFR 91.146 (c) This subpart does not apply to operations conducted in balloons, gliders (powered and un-powered), parachutes (powered and un-powered), gyroplanes, or airships. (d) For the purposes of this subpart the following definitions apply: (i) Whether there was a holding out to the public of willingness to conduct a sightseeing flight for compensation or hire; (ii) Whether the person offering the flight provided a narrative that referred to areas or points of interest on the surface below the route of the flight; (iii) The area of operation; (iv) How often the person offering the flight conducts such flights; (v) The route of the flight; (vi) The inclusion of sightseeing flights as part of any travel arrangement package; (vii) Whether the flight in question would have been canceled based on poo

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 136.1