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The two basic types of certificates that are available to be issued to U.S. applicants are based on what type of services the applicant will be providing and where they want to conduct operations. Those types of certificates are:
An Air Carrier certificate is issued to an applicant that will conduct interstate, foreign, or overseas transportation, or will carry mail.
An Operating certificate is issued to an applicant that will conduct intrastate transportation, which is transportation that is conducted wholly within the same state of the United States
Another important consideration when starting the certification process is for the applicant to determine the kind of operations that they wish to conduct. 14 CFR 135 certificate holders can conduct On-demand operations, which may include limited scheduled operations, or Scheduled (Commuter) operations, which allow unlimited scheduled operations as well as On-demand operations. Each kind of operation, On-demand or Commuter, has specific limitations associated with them. These include the number of passenger seats that can be installed on the aircraft, maximum payload limits, and whether turbo-jet aircraft can be used in that kind of operation.
The repair station certificate is an “Air Agency Certificate” that refers to the aircraft repair services and tasks that a repair station is authorized to perform. An FAA repair station can only perform the functions necessary to inspect, repair, replace, or overhaul those aviation articles for which it has been approved. There are six general ratings that pertain to a repair station:
These ratings are broken down into specified classes that are further differentiated. For example, an airframe rating has four classes (two classes are for either large or small composite aircraft, and the other two are for either large or small sheet metal aircraft). An engine rating has three classes (two of these are for reciprocating engines, with one for 400-horsepower-or-less engines and the other for greater-than-400-horsepower engines. The third class is for turbine engines).
Since 1981, the operation of large airplanes that are configured for 6,000 lbs. or more of payload capacity or 20 or more passenger seats has been governed by Part 125 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs). The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) published Part 125 in an effort to establish a uniform set of certification and operational rules for these airplanes, often referred to as “Part 125 size airplanes”. Part 125 applies when these airplanes are being used for any purpose other than common carriage. Prior to the establishment of Part 125, these airplanes operated under Part 91. Through the establishment of Part 125, the FAA intended to elevate the level of safety applicable to Part 125 size airplanes.
When the FAA published Part 125, they built in flexibility by including deviation authority in section 125.3. This allowed businesses to operate Part 125 size airplanes under letters of deviation authority (LODAs) issued by their local FSDO.
