Atlas / Legal Interpretations / 2016-035
FAA Chief Counsel · Legal Interpretation
MacPherson-Jones Day
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.
- § 91.7 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.3 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.5 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 21.17 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.31 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 25.809 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 25.855 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 25.857 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.153 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.157 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.310 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.538 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.547 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 121.583 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
- § 25.1447 Not in our cache — verify on eCFR
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