14 CFR § 65.39 - Practical experience requirements: Facility rating.

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title: "14 CFR § 65.39 - Practical experience requirements: Facility rating."
title_number: 14
title_name: "Aeronautics and Space"
section_number: "65.39"
section_name: "Practical experience requirements: Facility rating."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "D"
subchapter_name: "AIRMEN"
part_number: "65"
part_name: "CERTIFICATION: AIRMEN OTHER THAN FLIGHT CREWMEMBERS"
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regulatory_source: "Docket 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, unless otherwise noted."
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# 65.39 Practical experience requirements: Facility rating.

Each applicant for a facility rating at any air traffic control tower must have satisfactorily served—

(a) As an air traffic control tower operator at that control tower without a facility rating for at least 6 months; or

(b) As an air traffic control tower operator with a facility rating at a different control tower for at least 6 months before the date he applies for the rating.

However, an applicant who is a member of an Armed Force of the United States meets the requirements of this section if he has satisfactorily served as an air traffic control tower operator for at least 6 months.

[Docket 1179, 27 FR 7973, Aug. 10, 1962, as amended by Amdt. 65-19, 36 FR 21280, Nov. 5, 1971]