Well, it does pretty much, just not that bit (14 CFR 117). In this Air Canada case it's governed by 14 CFR part 129, which covers operations by foreign air carr

Well, it does pretty much, just not that bit (14 CFR 117). In this Air Canada case it's governed by 14 CFR part 129, which covers operations by foreign air carriers in the USA. https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title14-vol3/xml/CFR-2011-title14-vol3-part129.xml#seqnum129.15 https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2011-title14-vol3/xml/CFR-... EDIT - removed erroneous reference to 14 CFR 121.480-> which applies to cargo ops.