An applicant for an operational fixed station must certify that:
(a)
The applicant is the licensee of an aeronautical land station in the aeronautical mobile service; and
(b)
Common carrier facilities are not available to satisfy the aeronautical station's requirements.
[53 FR 28940, Aug. 1, 1988, as amended at 63 FR 68958, Dec. 14, 1998]