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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