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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
S
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.
(c) A certificate holder may apply
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.
(c) A certificate holder may schedule
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
