Atlas / Legal Interpretations / 2016-005
FAA Chief Counsel · Legal Interpretation
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What is a Legal Interpretation?
The FAA Office of the Chief Counsel issues Legal Interpretations in response to specific questions about how 14 CFR applies in a given situation. They're authoritative agency reads of the regulation — pilots, CFIs, and operators cite them to resolve ambiguous compliance questions. Not preceedential like court opinions, but binding on the agency.
14 CFR sections this interpretation addresses
Click into any section to see its current text. The interpretation's PDF on drs.faa.gov has the full prose.
- § 135.109 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.225 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.244 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.247 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.269 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.293 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.297 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 135.299 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
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