| License Description |
General information, terms and definitions: Pilot's License 103.01 Pilot - Each person who intends to personally operate an aircraft engaged in agricultural aircraft operations in or over the State of Mississippi shall first make application for and obtain a pilot's license from the Department on a form prescribed by the Department and said applicant shall: 1. Demonstrate that he is licensed as, or is employed by, a licensed applicator; 2. Provide the name of the firm for which the applicant will act as a pilot; 3. Provide his resume; 4. Present a copy of a photographic identification card; 5. Demonstrate competency by passing a written examination administered by the Department; 6. Present his current commercial or airline transport pilot certificate from FAA; 7. Present evidence of his current medical date and rating for type of aircraft to be operated; and 8. Present a copy of current biennial flight review and current 2nd class medical. 103.02 Retrospective Application. Any valid pilot license issued or chief pilot designated in accordance with Section 69-23-109 (4) will be honored by the Department until March 31, 2010. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §69-21-109 (Rev. 2009). Chief Pilot Designation 104 Chief Pilot – In order to be designated as a chief pilot by an applicator the designee shall: 1. Be the holder of a current pilot's license issued by the department; 2. Have at least 500 hours of commercial aerial application flying time as pilot-in-command, and two years experience either as a chief pilot or under 4 the direct supervision of a chief pilot in accordance with FAR 137 and in accordance with governing state laws in the state or states where the experience was gained, and be able to show proof thereof. Proof of experience may consist of a notarized affidavit from one of the following persons who has personal knowledge of the designee's experience: another applicator, a state or federal regulatory official, or an officer of a State or National Agricultural Aviation Association, or any other person as may be acceptable to the Department; 3. Hold a current commercial or airline transport pilot certificate from FAA; 4. Hold/possess a Current Second (2d) Class medical; and 5. Submit proof from FAA that the person has met the knowledge and skill tests requirement and is competent to serve as chief pilot in accordance with FAR 137. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §69-21-109 (Rev. 2009). Definitions 101.01 As used in these regulations, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter ascribed to them. 1. "Aerial application" means the practice of engaging in agricultural aircraft operations. 2. "Agricultural aircraft operation" means: Dispensing any pesticide, fertilizer or seed by aircraft; 3. "Aircraft" means any contrivance now known or hereafter invented that is used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air over land and water, and that is designed for or adaptable for use in agricultural aircraft operations. 4. "Applicator" means any person, as herein defined, who is licensed under this article to engage in agricultural aircraft operations, who may or may not be a pilot. 5. "Agricultural substance" means any seed, fertilizer or pesticide that is used, applied, sprayed or administered by aircraft 6. "Board" shall mean the advisory board of the Bureau of Plant Industry, a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 7. "Bureau" means the Bureau of Plant Industry, a division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 8. "Chief Pilot" means the person designated by an applicator to serve as chief pilot and the supervisor of agricultural aircraft operations for an applicator. 9. "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 10. "Defoliant" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for causing the leaves of foliage to drop from a plant, with or without causing abscission. 11. "Department" means the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce. 12. "Desiccant" means any substance or mixtures of substances intended for artificially accelerating the drying of plant tissues. 13. "Herbicide" means a chemical used for killing plants or severely interrupting their normal growth processes. 2 14. "Hormone-Type Herbicide" - shall mean all phenoxy type herbicides and other chemicals or substances which produce physiological changes in plant tissue without producing a burning effect, such as caused by many oils, which the Department may declare to be extremely hazardous to crops or plants other than those for which the particular herbicide is intended to control, and shall include, but not be limited to the following materials: 2,4-D (2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) 2,4-DP 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxypropionic acid in all forms; 2,4-DB 4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy) butyric acid in all forms; MCPA 4-chloro-2-methyl phenoxyacetic acid in all forms; Dicamba 2-Methoxy-3, 6-dichlorobenzoic acid in all forms, and picloram (4-amino-3,5,6-trichloropicolinic acid) in all forms. 15. "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, company, trust, association or other legal entity. 16. "Pesticide" means any substance or mixture of substances intended for preventing, destroying, repelling, mitigating or attracting any pests; and shall also include adjuvants intended to enhance the effectiveness of pesticides; and any substance or mixture of substances intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant. 17. "Pilot" means the operator of an aircraft used in agricultural aircraft operation; provided, however, a pilot may also be a person who is licensed as an applicator under the provisions of these regulations. 18. "Volume Median Diameter (VMD)" means the diameter of a single droplet, whose volume, when multiplied by the total number of droplets in spray, is found to equal the total spray volume. The volume median diameter is calculated by dividing the total spray volume in half. Source: Miss. Code Ann. §69-21-109 (Rev. 2009). |