title-14-part-117-sec117-29

14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)

§ 117.25

ule and no flightcrew member may ac-
cept an assignment if the flightcrew
member’s total Flight Duty Period will
exceed:

(1) 60 flight duty period hours in any

168 consecutive hours or

(2) 190 flight duty period hours in any

672 consecutive hours.

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 117–1A, 77 FR 28764, May 16, 2012;
Amdt. 117–1, 78 FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013]

§ 117.25 Rest period.

(a) No certificate holder may assign

and no flightcrew member may accept
assignment to any reserve or duty with
the certificate holder during any re-
quired rest period.

(b) Before beginning any reserve or

flight duty period a flightcrew member
must be given at least 30 consecutive
hours free from all duty within the
past 168 consecutive hour period.

in a new theater has received 36 con-
secutive hours of rest, that flightcrew
member is acclimated and the rest pe-
riod meets the requirements of para-
graph (b) of this section.

(d) A flightcrew member must be

given a minimum of 56 consecutive
hours rest upon return to home base if
the flightcrew member: (1) Travels
more than 60

longitude during a flight

duty period or a series of flight duty
period, and (2) is away from home base
for more than 168 consecutive hours
during this travel. The 56 hours of rest
specified in this section must encom-
pass three physiological nights’ rest
based on local time.

(e) No certificate holder may sched-

ule and no flightcrew member may ac-
cept an assignment for any reserve or
flight duty period unless the flightcrew
member is given a rest period of at
least 10 consecutive hours immediately
before beginning the reserve or flight
duty period measured from the time
the flightcrew member is released from
duty. The 10 hour rest period must pro-
vide the flightcrew member with a
minimum of 8 uninterrupted hours of
sleep opportunity.

(f) If a flightcrew member determines

that a rest period under paragraph (e)
of this section will not provide eight
uninterrupted hours of sleep oppor-

tunity, the flightcrew member must
notify the certificate holder. The
flightcrew member cannot report for
the assigned flight duty period until he
or she receives a rest period specified
in paragraph (e) of this section.

(g) If a flightcrew member engaged in

deadhead transportation exceeds the
applicable flight duty period in Table B
of this part, the flightcrew member
must be given a rest period equal to
the length of the deadhead transpor-
tation but not less than the required
rest in paragraph (e) of this section be-
fore beginning a flight duty period.

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 117–1A, 77 FR 28764, May 16, 2012;
Amdt. 117–1, 78 FR 8362, Feb. 6, 2013]

§ 117.27 Consecutive nighttime oper-

ations.

A certificate holder may schedule

and a flightcrew member may accept
up to five consecutive flight duty peri-
ods that infringe on the window of cir-
cadian low if the certificate holder pro-
vides the flightcrew member with an
opportunity to rest in a suitable ac-
commodation during each of the con-
secutive nighttime flight duty periods.
The rest opportunity must be at least 2
hours, measured from the time that
the flightcrew member reaches the
suitable accommodation, and must
comply with the conditions specified in
§ 117.15(a), (c), (d), and (e). Otherwise,
no certificate holder may schedule and
no flightcrew member may accept
more than three consecutive flight
duty periods that infringe on the win-
dow of circadian low. For purposes of
this section, any split duty rest that is
provided in accordance with § 117.15
counts as part of a flight duty period.

§ 117.29 Emergency and government

sponsored operations.

(a) This section applies to operations

conducted pursuant to contracts with
the U.S. Government and operations
conducted pursuant to a deviation
under § 119.57 of this chapter that can-
not otherwise be conducted under this
part because of circumstances that
could prevent flightcrew members from
being relieved by another crew or safe-
ly provided with the rest required
under § 117.25 at the end of the applica-
ble flight duty period.

Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Pt. 117, Table B

(b) The pilot-in-command may deter-

mine that the maximum applicable
flight duty period, flight time, and/or
combined flight duty period and re-
serve availability period limits must be
exceeded to the extent necessary to
allow the flightcrew to fly to the clos-
est destination where they can safely
be relieved from duty by another
flightcrew or can receive the requisite
amount of rest prior to commencing
their next flight duty period.

extended for an operation conducted
pursuant to a contract with the U.S.
Government if it causes a flightcrew
member to exceed the cumulative
flight time limits in § 117.23(b) and the
cumulative flight duty period limits in
§ 117.23(c).

(d) The flightcrew shall be given a

rest period immediately after reaching
the destination described in paragraph
(b) of this section equal to the length
of the actual flight duty period or 24
hours, whichever is less.

(e) Each certificate holder must re-

port within 10 days:

(1) Any flight duty period that ex-

ceeded the maximum flight duty period
permitted in Tables B or C of this part,
as applicable, by more than 30 minutes;

(2) Any flight time that exceeded the

maximum flight time limits permitted
in Table A of this part and § 117.11, as
applicable; and

(3) Any flight duty period or flight

time that exceeded the cumulative lim-
its specified in § 117.23.

(f) The report must contain the fol-

lowing:

(1) A description of the extended

flight duty period and flight time limi-
tation, and the circumstances sur-
rounding the need for the extension;
and

(2) If the circumstances giving rise to

the extension(s) were within the cer-
tificate holder’s control, the corrective
action(s) that the certificate holder in-
tends to take to minimize the need for
future extensions.

(g) Each certificate holder must im-

plement the corrective action(s) re-
ported pursuant to paragraph (f)(2) of
this section within 30 days from the
date of the extended flight duty period
and/or the extended flight time.

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 117–1A, 77 FR 28764, May 16, 2012;
Amdt. 117–1, 78 FR 8362, Feb. 6, 2013; 78 FR
69288, Nov. 19, 2013]

ABLE

ART

117—M

AXIMUM

LIGHT

IME

IMITS FOR

NAUGMENTED

ERATIONS

ABLE

Time of report

(acclimated)

Maximum
flight time

(hours)

0000–0459 .......................................................

0500–1959 .......................................................

2000–2359 .......................................................

ABLE

ART

117—F

LIGHT

UTY

ERIOD

: U

NAUGMENTED

PERATIONS

Scheduled time of start (acclimated time)

Maximum flight duty period (hours) for lineholders based on

number of flight segments

7 +

0000–0359 ............................................................................

0400–0459 ............................................................................

0500–0559 ............................................................................

11.5

10.5

0600–0659 ............................................................................

11.5

10.5

0700–1159 ............................................................................

12.5

11.5

1200–1259 ............................................................................

12.5

11.5

1300–1659 ............................................................................

11.5

10.5

1700–2159 ............................................................................

2200–2259 ............................................................................

2300–2359 ............................................................................