§ 41-2-101 — Definitions

As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Aircraft means any vehicle used or designed for carrying any person,
persons, or freight and used or designed for aviation or flight in the air in control of
a crew member, whether it is or is not a certificated vehicle under the rules of the
federal aviation administration, and the federal department of transportation, or its
successor.

(2) Controls means the wheel, yoke, stick, cyclic, collective, throttle,
mixture, propeller, lever, switch, gage, circuit breaker, doors, emergency exits, or
any other thing that pertains to the safe operation of an aircraft.

(3) Crewmember means any person assigned to perform any duty in an
aircraft during flight time.

(4) Flight time means any time from the moment an aircraft is occupied
and in control.

(5) Operating an aircraft means being in actual physical control or having
immediate access to the controls of an aircraft, or being involved in the safe
operation of any part of an aircraft as a crewmember.

Legislative History

Source: L. 90: Entire article RC&RE, p. 1769, � 1, effective July 1.