Originally Posted by
Busboy
I'm assuming that we would operate under Subpart R, not Q.
Subpart Q—Flight Time Limitations and Rest Requirements: Domestic Operations
§ 121.470 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes flight time limitations and rest requirements for domestic operations, except that:
(a) Certificate holders conducting operations with airplanes 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 airplanes 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 subpart R of this part for those operations
And Subpart R has the 32 in 7 rule.
We would operate under both Q and R. What paragraph B does is allow operators to use the flag limitations for flights entirely within Alaska and Hawaii. Any flight that takes off and lands outside the contiguous 48 states is considered international (Flag). What paragraph A does is allow operators of small airplanes to operate under Part 135.