48 CFR § 1252.228-73 - 1252.228-73 Command of Aircraft.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t48/s1252.228-73"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "48 CFR § 1252.228-73 - 1252.228-73 Command of Aircraft."
title_number: 48
title_name: "Federal Acquisition Regulations System"
section_number: "1252.228-73"
section_name: "1252.228-73 Command of Aircraft."
chapter_number: 12
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "CLAUSES AND FORMS"
part_number: "1252"
part_name: "SOLICITATION PROVISIONS AND C
ONTRACT CLAUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 41 U.S.C. 1121(c)(3); 41 U.S.C. 1702; and 48 CFR 1.301 through 1.304."
regulatory_source: "87 FR 61159, Oct. 7, 2022, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "1252"
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# 1252.228-73 1252.228-73 Command of Aircraft.
As prescribed in 1228.306-70(d), insert the following clause:
****Command of Aircraft (NOV 2022)
During the performance of a contract for out-service flight training for DOT, whether the instruction to DOT personnel is in leased, contractor-provided, or Government-provided aircraft, contractor personnel shall always, during the entirety of the course of training and during operation of the aircraft, remain in command of the aircraft. At no time shall other personnel be permitted to take command of the aircraft.
****(End of clause)