LFT · Article 237

Article 237 Federal Labor Law

TITLE SIX. Special Jobs · CHAPTER IV. Work of aeronautical crews

Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 14 May 2026

The crew members, to the extent that it corresponds to them, have the following special obligations:

I.To take care that in the aircraft in their charge there are not transported passengers or effects alien to the interests of the employer without the fulfillment of the corresponding requirements, nor articles prohibited by the law, unless the permission of the corresponding authorities is held;

II.To keep in force their licenses, passports, visas and documents that are legally required for the performance of their work;

III.To present themselves to cover the services that they have assigned with the anticipation and in the form established by their contract and the internal work regulations, except for justified cause;

IV.To submit themselves, at least twice a year, to the periodic medical examinations provided by the laws, the regulations and the employment contracts;

V.To submit themselves to the trainings established by the employer, according to the needs of the service, in order to preserve or increase their efficiency for promotions or the use of equipment with new technical characteristics and to operate this upon obtaining the required capacity;

VI.To plan, prepare and carry out each flight, in strict adherence to the laws, regulations and other provisions issued or approved by the Ministry of Communications and Transport (Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes) and by the employer;

VII.To ascertain, before beginning a trip, that the aircraft satisfies the legal and regulatory requirements, the necessary conditions of safety, and that it has been duly equipped, provisioned and supplied;

VIII.To observe the technical indications that in matters of air traffic safety the employer issues as bulletins or that the respective authorities issue in the airport base or in the foreign stations;

IX.To give notice to the employer and, where appropriate, to the competent authorities, using the fastest means of communication available to them, in the event of any situation of emergency presenting itself in flight, or when an accident occurs;

X.To carry out flights of relief, search or salvage at any time and place that is required;

XI.In the case of the pilots in command of the aircraft, to note in the logbook, with exactness and under their responsibility, the data required by the relative legal provisions and to make, where appropriate, the distribution of the time of service of the other members of the crew;

XII.To render the reports, formulate the declarations and statements and sign the documentation that in relation to each flight the laws, regulations and other applicable provisions require; and

XIII.To bring to the knowledge of the employer, at the end of the flight, the mechanical or technical defects that they notice or presume exist in the aircraft.

How to cite

Federal Labor Law, Article 237. https://articuladomx.com/en/federal-labor-law/article-237/

Cite the Spanish official text. Use this English page as a reading aid.

Corpus 2026.10.08