Part 135 flight and duty regulations are not yet on the front burner of aviation rulemaking, John Duncan, deputy director of FAA Flight Standards Services, told attendees at the Air Charter Safety Foundation (ACSF) safety symposium last month. The agency has a full plate writing new regulations because of congressional mandates included in the “Airline Safety and FAA Extension Act of 2010.”

That document contained provisions calling for new rulemaking on pilot training and fatigue. While the rule was aimed primarily at Part 121 airlines, former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt warned Part 135 operators at the time that new fatigue rules “could well be coming to your neighborhood soon.” He said it would look “very similar to, if not exactly like, the [Part 121] final rule”

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