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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT
§ 117.13
§ 117.7 Fatigue risk management sys-
tem.
(a) No certificate holder may exceed
any provision of this part unless ap-
proved by the FAA under a Fatigue
Risk Management System that pro-
vides at least an equivalent level of
safety against fatigue-related acci-
dents or incidents as the other provi-
sions of this part.
(b) The Fatigue Risk Management
System must include:
(1) A fatigue risk management pol-
icy.
(2) An education and awareness train-
ing program.
(3) A fatigue reporting system.
(4) A system for monitoring
flightcrew fatigue.
(5) An incident reporting process.
(6) A performance evaluation.
§ 117.9 Fatigue education and aware-
ness training program.
(a) Each certificate holder must de-
velop and implement an education and
awareness training program, approved
by the Administrator. This program
must provide annual education and
awareness training to all employees of
the certificate holder responsible for
administering the provisions of this
rule including flightcrew members, dis-
patchers, individuals directly involved
in the scheduling of flightcrew mem-
bers, individuals directly involved in
operational control, and any employee
providing direct management oversight
of those areas.
(b) The fatigue education and aware-
ness training program must be de-
signed to increase awareness of:
(1) Fatigue;
(2) The effects of fatigue on pilots;
and
(3) Fatigue countermeasures
(c) (1) Each certificate holder must
update its fatigue education and aware-
ness training program every two years
and submit the update to the Adminis-
trator for review and acceptance.
(2) Not later than 12 months after the
date of submission of the fatigue edu-
cation and awareness training program
required by (c)(1) of this section, the
Administrator shall review and accept
or reject the update. If the Adminis-
trator rejects an update, the Adminis-
trator shall provide suggested modi-
fications for resubmission of the up-
date.
§ 117.11 Flight time limitation.
(a) No certificate holder may sched-
ule and no flightcrew member may ac-
cept an assignment or continue an as-
signed flight duty period if the total
flight time:
(1) Will exceed the limits specified in
Table A of this part if the operation is
conducted with the minimum required
flightcrew.
(2) Will exceed 13 hours if the oper-
ation is conducted with a 3-pilot
flightcrew.
(3) Will exceed 17 hours if the oper-
ation is conducted with a 4-pilot
flightcrew.
(b) If unforeseen operational cir-
cumstances arise after takeoff that are
beyond the certificate holder’s control,
a flightcrew member may exceed the
maximum flight time specified in para-
graph (a) of this section and the cumu-
lative flight time limits in 117.23(b) to
the extent necessary to safely land the
aircraft at the next destination airport
or alternate, as appropriate.
(c) Each certificate holder must re-
port to the Administrator within 10
days any flight time that exceeded the
maximum flight time limits permitted
by this section or § 117.23(b). The report
must contain a description of the ex-
tended flight time limitation and the
circumstances surrounding the need for
the extension.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 117–1, 78 FR 8362, Feb. 6, 2013; 78
FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013]
§ 117.13 Flight duty period: Unaug-
mented operations.
(a) Except as provided for in § 117.15,
no certificate holder may assign and no
flightcrew member may accept an as-
signment for an unaugmented flight
operation if the scheduled flight duty
period will exceed the limits in Table B
of this part.
(b) If the flightcrew member is not
acclimated:
(1) The maximum flight duty period
in Table B of this part is reduced by 30
minutes.
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§ 117.15
(2) The applicable flight duty period
is based on the local time at the the-
ater in which the flightcrew member
was last acclimated.
§ 117.15 Flight duty period: Split duty.
For an unaugmented operation only,
if a flightcrew member is provided with
a rest opportunity (an opportunity to
sleep) in a suitable accommodation
during his or her flight duty period, the
time that the flightcrew member
spends in the suitable accommodation
is not part of that flightcrew member’s
flight duty period if all of the following
conditions are met:
(a) The rest opportunity is provided
between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00
local time.
(b) The time spent in the suitable ac-
commodation is at least 3 hours, meas-
ured from the time that the flightcrew
member reaches the suitable accommo-
dation.
(c) The rest opportunity is scheduled
before the beginning of the flight duty
period in which that rest opportunity
is taken.
(d) The rest opportunity that the
flightcrew member is actually provided
may not be less than the rest oppor-
tunity that was scheduled.
(e) The rest opportunity is not pro-
vided until the first segment of the
flight duty period has been completed.
(f) The combined time of the flight
duty period and the rest opportunity
provided in this section does not exceed
14 hours.
§ 117.17 Flight duty period: Augmented
flightcrew.
(a) For flight operations conducted
with an acclimated augmented
flightcrew, no certificate holder may
assign and no flightcrew member may
accept an assignment if the scheduled
flight duty period will exceed the lim-
its specified in Table C of this part.
(b) If the flightcrew member is not
acclimated:
(1) The maximum flight duty period
in Table C of this part is reduced by 30
minutes.
(2) The applicable flight duty period
is based on the local time at the the-
ater in which the flightcrew member
was last acclimated.
(c) No certificate holder may assign
and no flightcrew member may accept
an assignment under this section un-
less during the flight duty period:
(1) Two consecutive hours in the sec-
ond half of the flight duty period are
available for in-flight rest for the pilot
flying the aircraft during landing.
(2) Ninety consecutive minutes are
available for in-flight rest for the pilot
performing monitoring duties during
landing.
(d) No certificate holder may assign
and no flightcrew member may accept
an assignment involving more than
three flight segments under this sec-
tion.
(e) At all times during flight, at least
one flightcrew member qualified in ac-
cordance with § 121.543(b)(3)(i) of this
chapter must be at the flight controls.
§ 117.19 Flight duty period extensions.
(a) For augmented and unaugmented
operations, if unforeseen operational
circumstances arise prior to takeoff:
(1) The pilot in command and the cer-
tificate holder may extend the max-
imum flight duty period permitted in
Tables B or C of this part up to 2 hours.
The pilot in command and the certifi-
cate holder may also extend the max-
imum combined flight duty period and
reserve availability period limits speci-
fied in § 117.21(c)(3) and (4) of this part
up to 2 hours.
(2) An extension in the flight duty pe-
riod under paragraph (a)(1) of this sec-
tion of more than 30 minutes may
occur only once prior to receiving a
rest period described in § 117.25(b).
(3) A flight duty period cannot be ex-
tended under paragraph (a)(1) of this
section if it causes a flightcrew mem-
ber to exceed the cumulative flight
duty period limits specified in 117.23(c).
(4) Each certificate holder must re-
port to the Administrator within 10
days any flight duty period that ex-
ceeded the maximum flight duty period
permitted in Tables B or C of this part
by more than 30 minutes. The report
must contain the following:
(i) A description of the extended
flight duty period and the cir-
cumstances surrounding the need for
the extension; and