Article 244 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 following are special causes of termination or of termination for cause of the employment relationships:
I.The cancellation or definitive revocation of the documents specified in the preceding article;
II.The crew member being in a state of intoxication, within the twenty-four hours prior to the initiation of the flight that they have assigned or during the course of the same;
III.The crew member being, at any time, under the influence of narcotics or enervating drugs, except as provided in article 242, section II;
IV.The violation of the laws on the importation or exportation of merchandise, in the performance of their services;
V.The refusal of the crew member, without justified cause, to execute flights of relief, search or salvage, or to initiate or continue the service of flight that has been assigned to them;
VI.The refusal of the crew member to take the training programs that, according to the needs of the service, the employer establishes, when they are indispensable to preserve or increase their efficiency, for promotions or to operate equipment with new technical characteristics;
VII.The execution, in the performance of the work, on the part of the crew member, of any act or the intentional omission or negligence that may endanger their safety or that of the members of the crew, of the passengers or of third persons, or that damages, harms or endangers the property of the employer or of third parties; and
VIII.The failure to comply with the obligations indicated in article 237 and the violation of the prohibition set forth in article 242, section III.