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as an aircraft dispatcher for a par-
ticular type airplane unless that per-
son has, with respect to that airplane,
satisfactorily completed differences
training, if applicable.

domestic or flag operations may use
any person, nor may any person serve,
as an aircraft dispatcher unless within
the preceding 12 calendar months the
aircraft dispatcher has satisfactorily
completed operating familiarization
consisting of at least 5 hours observing
operations under this part, in one of
the types of airplanes in each group to
be dispatched. This observation shall
be made from the flight deck or, for
airplanes without an observer seat on
the flight deck, from a forward pas-
senger seat with headset or speaker.
The requirement of paragraph (a) of
this section may be reduced to a min-
imum of 2

⁄

hours by the substitution

of one additional takeoff and landing
for an hour of flight. The requirement
of this paragraph may be satisfied by
observation of 5 hours of simulator
training for each airplane group in one
of the simulators approved under
§ 121.407 for the group. However, if the
requirement of paragraph (a) is met by
the use of a simulator, no reduction in
hours is permitted.

(d) No certificate holder conducting

domestic or flag operations may use
any person, nor may any person serve
as an aircraft dispatcher to dispatch
airplanes in operations under this part
unless the certificate holder has deter-
mined that he is familiar with all es-
sential operating procedures for that
segment of the operation over which he
exercises dispatch jurisdiction. How-
ever, a dispatcher who is qualified to
dispatch airplanes through one seg-
ment of an operation may dispatch air-
planes through other segments of the
operation after coordinating with dis-
patchers who are qualified to dispatch
airplanes through those other seg-
ments.

(e) For the purposes of this section,

the airplane groups, terms, and defini-
tions in § 121.400 apply.

[Doc. No. 7325, 37 FR 5607, Mar. 17, 1972, as
amended by Amdt. 121–251, 60 FR 65934, Dec.
20, 1995]

§ 121.465 Aircraft dispatcher duty time

limitations: Domestic and flag oper-

ations.

(a) Each certificate holder con-

ducting domestic or flag operations
shall establish the daily duty period for
a dispatcher so that it begins at a time
that allows him or her to become thor-
oughly familiar with existing and an-
ticipated weather conditions along the
route before he or she dispatches any
airplane. He or she shall remain on
duty until each airplane dispatched by
him or her has completed its flight, or
has gone beyond his or her jurisdiction,
or until he or she is relieved by another
qualified dispatcher.

(b) Except in cases where cir-

cumstances or emergency conditions
beyond the control of the certificate
holder require otherwise—

(1) No certificate holder conducting

domestic or flag operations may sched-
ule a dispatcher for more than 10 con-
secutive hours of duty;

(2) If a dispatcher is scheduled for

more than 10 hours of duty in 24 con-
secutive hours, the certificate holder
shall provide him or her a rest period
of at least eight hours at or before the
end of 10 hours of duty.

(3) Each dispatcher must be relieved

of all duty with the certificate holder
for at least 24 consecutive hours during
any seven consecutive days or the
equivalent thereof within any calendar
month.

and (b) of this section, a certificate
holder conducting flag operations may,
if authorized by the Administrator,
schedule an aircraft dispatcher at a
duty station outside of the 48 contig-
uous States and the District of Colum-
bia, for more than 10 consecutive hours
of duty in a 24-hour period if that air-
craft dispatcher is relieved of all duty
with the certificate holder for at least
eight hours during each 24-hour period.

[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996]

§ 121.467 Flight attendant duty period

limitations and rest requirements:

Domestic, flag, and supplemental

operations.

(a) For purposes of this section—

Calendar day

means the period of

elapsed time, using Coordinated Uni-
versal Time or local time, that begins

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at midnight and ends 24 hours later at
the next midnight.

Duty period

means the period of

elapsed time between reporting for an
assignment involving flight time and
release from that assignment by the
certificate holder conducting domestic,
flag, or supplemental operations. The
time is calculated using either Coordi-
nated Universal Time or local time to
reflect the total elapsed time.

Flight attendant

means an individual,

other than a flight crewmember, who is
assigned by a certificate holder con-
ducting domestic, flag, or supple-
mental operations, in accordance with
the required minimum crew com-
plement under the certificate holder’s
operations specifications or in addition
to that minimum complement, to duty
in an aircraft during flight time and
whose duties include but are not nec-
essarily limited to cabin-safety-related
responsibilities.

Rest period

means the period free of

all restraint or duty for a certificate
holder conducting domestic, flag, or
supplemental operations and free of all
responsibility for work or duty should
the occasion arise.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph

(c) of this section, a certificate holder
conducting domestic, flag, or supple-
mental operations may assign a duty
period to a flight attendant only when
the applicable duty period limitations
and rest requirements of this para-
graph are met.

(1) Except as provided in paragraphs

(b)(4), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section,
no certificate holder conducting do-
mestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant to
a scheduled duty period of more than 14
hours.

(2) A flight attendant scheduled to a

duty period of 14 hours or less as pro-
vided under paragraph (b)(1) of this sec-
tion must be given a scheduled rest pe-
riod of at least 10 consecutive hours.
This rest period must occur between
the completion of the scheduled duty
period and the commencement of the
subsequent duty period.

(3) The rest period required under

paragraph (b)(2) of this section may not
be reduced to less than 10 consecutive
hours.

(4) A certificate holder conducting

domestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant to
a scheduled duty period of more than 14
hours, but no more than 16 hours, if the
certificate holder has assigned to the
flight or flights in that duty period at
least one flight attendant in addition
to the minimum flight attendant com-
plement required for the flight or
flights in that duty period under the
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications.

(5) A certificate holder conducting

domestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant to
a scheduled duty period of more than 16
hours, but no more than 18 hours, if the
certificate holder has assigned to the
flight or flights in that duty period at
least two flight attendants in addition
to the minimum flight attendant com-
plement required for the flight or
flights in that duty period under the
certificate holder’s operations speci-
fications.

(6) A certificate holder conducting

domestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant to
a scheduled duty period of more than 18
hours, but no more than 20 hours, if the
scheduled duty period includes one or
more flights that land or take off out-
side the 48 contiguous states and the
District of Columbia, and if the certifi-
cate holder has assigned to the flight
or flights in that duty period at least
three flight attendants in addition to
the minimum flight attendant com-
plement required for the flight or
flights in that duty period under the
domestic certificate holder’s oper-
ations specifications.

(7) Except as provided in paragraph

(b)(8) of this section, a flight attendant
scheduled to a duty period of more
than 14 hours but no more than 20
hours, as provided in paragraphs (b)(4),
(b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section, must be
given a scheduled rest period of at least
12 consecutive hours. This rest period
must occur between the completion of
the scheduled duty period and the com-
mencement of the subsequent duty pe-
riod.

(8) The rest period required under

paragraph (b)(7) of this section may be
scheduled or reduced to 10 consecutive

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hours if the flight attendant is pro-
vided a subsequent rest period of at
least 14 consecutive hours; this subse-
quent rest period must be scheduled to
begin no later than 24 hours after the
beginning of the reduced rest period
and must occur between the comple-
tion of the scheduled duty period and
the commencement of the subsequent
duty period.

(9) Notwithstanding paragraphs

(b)(4), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section, if
a certificate holder conducting domes-
tic, flag, or supplemental operations
elects to reduce the rest period to 10
hours as authorized by paragraph (b)(8)
of this section, the certificate holder
may not schedule a flight attendant for
a duty period of more than 14 hours
during the 24-hour period commencing
after the beginning of the reduced rest
period.

(10) No certificate holder conducting

domestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant
any duty period with the certificate
holder unless the flight attendant has
had at least the minimum rest required
under this section.

(11) No certificate holder conducting

domestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations may assign a flight attendant to
perform any duty with the certificate
holder during any required rest period.

(12) Time spent in transportation,

not local in character, that a certifi-
cate holder conducting domestic, flag,
or supplemental operations requires of
a flight attendant and provides to
transport the flight attendant to an
airport at which that flight attendant
is to serve on a flight as a crew-
member, or from an airport at which
the flight attendant was relieved from
duty to return to the flight attendant’s
home station, is not considered part of
a rest period.

(13) Each certificate holder con-

ducting domestic, flag, or supple-
mental operations must relieve each
flight attendant engaged in air trans-
portation and each commercial oper-
ator must relieve each flight attendant
engaged in air commerce from all fur-
ther duty for at least 24 consecutive
hours during any 7 consecutive cal-
endar days.

(14) A flight attendant is not consid-

ered to be scheduled for duty in excess

of duty period limitations if the flights
to which the flight attendant is as-
signed are scheduled and normally ter-
minate within the limitations but due
to circumstances beyond the control of
the certificate holder conducting do-
mestic, flag, or supplemental oper-
ations (such as adverse weather condi-
tions) are not at the time of departure
expected to reach their destination
within the scheduled time.

this section, a certificate holder con-
ducting domestic, flag, or supple-
mental operations may apply the
flightcrew member flight time and
duty limitations and rest requirements
of part 117 of this chapter to flight at-
tendants for all operations conducted
under this part provided that—

(1) The certificate holder establishes

written procedures that—

(i) Apply to all flight attendants used

in the certificate holder’s operation;

(ii) Include the flightcrew member

requirements contained in part 117, as
appropriate to the operation being con-
ducted, except that rest facilities on
board the aircraft are not required;

(iii) Include provisions to add one

flight attendant to the minimum flight
attendant complement for each
flightcrew member who is in excess of
the minimum number required in the
aircraft type certificate data sheet and
who is assigned to the aircraft under
the provisions of part 117, as applica-
ble, of this part;

(iv) Are approved by the Adminis-

trator and are described or referenced
in the certificate holder’s operations
specifications; and

(2) Whenever the Administrator finds

that revisions are necessary for the
continued adequacy of the written pro-
cedures that are required by paragraph
(c)(1) of this section and that had been
granted final approval, the certificate
holder must, after notification by the
Administrator, make any changes in
the procedures that are found nec-
essary by the Administrator. Within 30
days after the certificate holder re-
ceives such notice, it may file a peti-
tion to reconsider the notice with the
responsible Flight Standards office.
The filing of a petition to reconsider
stays the notice, pending decision by

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the Administrator. However, if the Ad-
ministrator finds that an emergency
requires immediate action in the inter-
est of safety, the Administrator may,
upon a statement of the reasons, re-
quire a change effective without stay.

[Amdt. 121–241, 59 FR 42991, Aug. 19, 1994, as
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan.
26, 1996; Amdt. 121–357, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4, 2012;
Amdt. 121–357A, 77 FR 28764, May 16, 2012;
Docket FAA–2018–0119, Amdt. 121–380, 83 FR
9172, Mar. 5, 2018; Amdt. 121–386, 87 FR 61465,
Oct. 12, 2022]

Subpart Q—Flight Time Limitations

and Rest Requirements: Do-
mestic Operations

OURCE

: Docket No. 23634, 50 FR 29319, July

18, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

§ 121.470 Applicability.

This subpart prescribes flight time

limitations and rest requirements for
domestic all-cargo operations, except
that:

(a) Certificate holders conducting op-

erations with aircraft having a pas-
senger seat configuration of 30 seats or
fewer, excluding each crewmember
seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500
pounds or less, may comply with the
applicable requirements of §§ 135.261
through 135.273 of this chapter.

(b) Certificate holders conducting

scheduled operations entirely within
the States of Alaska or Hawaii with
aircraft having a passenger seat con-
figuration of more than 30 seats, ex-
cluding each crewmember seat, or a
payload capacity of more than 7,500
pounds, may comply with the require-
ments of this subpart or subpart R of
this part for those operations.

the flightcrew member flight time and
duty limitations and requirements of
part 117 of this chapter. A certificate
holder may choose to apply part 117 to
its—

(1) Cargo operations conducted under

contract to a U.S. government agency.

(2) All-cargo operations not con-

ducted under contract to a U.S. Gov-
ernment agency,

(3) A certificate holder may elect to

treat operations in paragraphs (c)(1)
and (c)(2) of this section differently
but, once having decided to conduct

those operations under part 117, may
not segregate those operations between
this subpart and part 117.

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 402, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 121–357, 78 FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013,
as amended by Docket No. FAA–2022–1563;
Amdt. No. 121–390, 88 FR 48090, July 26, 2023]

§ 121.471 Flight time limitations and

rest requirements: All flight crew-

members.

(a) No certificate holder conducting

domestic operations may schedule any
flight crewmember and no flight crew-
member may accept an assignment for
flight time in scheduled air transpor-
tation or in other commercial flying if
that crewmember’s total flight time in
all commercial flying will exceed—

(1) 1,000 hours in any calendar year;
(2) 100 hours in any calendar month;
(3) 30 hours in any 7 consecutive days;
(4) 8 hours between required rest peri-

ods.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph

(c) of this section, no certificate holder
conducting domestic operations may
schedule a flight crewmember and no
flight crewmember may accept an as-
signment for flight time during the 24
consecutive hours preceding the sched-
uled completion of any flight segment
without a scheduled rest period during
that 24 hours of at least the following:

(1) 9 consecutive hours of rest for less

than 8 hours of scheduled flight time.

(2) 10 consecutive hours of rest for 8

or more but less than 9 hours of sched-
uled flight time.

(3) 11 consecutive hours of rest for 9

or more hours of scheduled flight time.

a flight crewmember for less than the
rest required in paragraph (b) of this
section or may reduce a scheduled rest
under the following conditions:

(1) A rest required under paragraph

(b)(1) of this section may be scheduled
for or reduced to a minimum of 8 hours
if the flight crewmember is given a rest
period of at least 10 hours that must
begin no later than 24 hours after the
commencement of the reduced rest pe-
riod.

(2) A rest required under paragraph

(b)(2) of this section may be scheduled
for or reduced to a minimum of 8 hours
if the flight crewmember is given a rest
period of at least 11 hours that must