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§ 121.473
begin no later than 24 hours after the
commencement of the reduced rest pe-
riod.
(3) A rest required under paragraph
(b)(3) of this section may be scheduled
for or reduced to a minimum of 9 hours
if the flight crewmember is given a rest
period of at least 12 hours that must
begin no later than 24 hours after the
commencement of the reduced rest pe-
riod.
(4) No certificate holder may assign,
nor may any flight crewmember per-
form any flight time with the certifi-
cate holder unless the flight crew-
member has had at least the minimum
rest required under this paragraph.
(d) Each certificate holder con-
ducting domestic operations shall re-
lieve each flight crewmember engaged
in scheduled air transportation from
all further duty for at least 24 consecu-
tive hours during any 7 consecutive
days.
(e) No certificate holder conducting
domestic operations may assign any
flight crewmember and no flight crew-
member may accept assignment to any
duty with the air carrier during any re-
quired rest period.
(f) Time spent in transportation, not
local in character, that a certificate
holder requires of a flight crewmember
and provides to transport the crew-
member to an airport at which he is to
serve on a flight as a crewmember, or
from an airport at which he was re-
lieved from duty to return to his home
station, is not considered part of a rest
period.
(g) A flight crewmember is not con-
sidered to be scheduled for flight time
in excess of flight time limitations if
the flights to which he is assigned are
scheduled and normally terminate
within the limitations, but due to cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the
certificate holder (such as adverse
weather conditions), are not at the
time of departure expected to reach
their destination within the scheduled
time.
[Doc. No. 23634, 50 FR 29319, July 18, 1985, as
amended by Amdt. 121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan.
26, 1996]
§ 121.473 Fatigue risk management
system.
(a) No certificate holder may exceed
any provision of this subpart unless ap-
proved by the FAA under a Fatigue
Risk Management System.
(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.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4,
2012]
Subpart R—Flight Time Limitations:
Flag Operations
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec.
31, 1964; 30 FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, unless oth-
erwise noted.
§ 121.480 Applicability.
This subpart prescribes flight time
limitations and rest requirements for
flag 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) 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) All-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 (b)(1)
and (b) (2) of this section differently
but, once having decided to conduct
those operations under part 117, may
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§ 121.485
not segregate those operations between
this subpart and part 117.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4,
2012, as amended by Docket No. FAA–2022–
1563; Amdt. No. 121–390, 88 FR 48090, July 26,
2023]
§ 121.481 Flight time limitations: One
or two pilot crews.
(a) A certificate holder conducting
flag operations may schedule a pilot to
fly in an airplane that has a crew of
one or two pilots for eight hours or less
during any 24 consecutive hours with-
out a rest period during these eight
hours.
(b) If a certificate holder conducting
flag operations schedules a pilot to fly
more than eight hours during any 24
consecutive hours, it shall give him an
intervening rest period, at or before
the end of eight scheduled hours of
flight duty. This rest period must be at
least twice the number of hours flown
since the preceding rest period, but not
less than eight hours. The certificate
holder shall relieve that pilot of all
duty with it during that rest period.
(c) Each pilot who has flown more
than eight hours during 24 consecutive
hours must be given at least 18 hours of
rest before being assigned to any duty
with the certificate holder.
(d) No pilot may fly more than 32
hours during any seven consecutive
days, and each pilot must be relieved
from all duty for at least 24 consecu-
tive hours at least once during any
seven consecutive days.
(e) No pilot may fly as a member of
a crew more than 100 hours during any
one calendar month.
(f) No pilot may fly as a member of a
crew more than 1,000 hours during any
12-calendar-month period.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec. 31, 1964; 30
FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, as amended by Amdt.
121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996]
§ 121.483 Flight time limitations: Two
pilots and one additional flight
crewmember.
(a) No certificate holder conducting
flag operations may schedule a pilot to
fly, in an airplane that has a crew of
two pilots and at least one additional
flight crewmember, for a total of more
than 12 hours during any 24 consecutive
hours.
(b) If a pilot has flown 20 or more
hours during any 48 consecutive hours
or 24 or more hours during any 72 con-
secutive hours, he must be given at
least 18 hours of rest before being as-
signed to any duty with the air carrier.
In any case, he must be given at least
24 consecutive hours of rest during any
seven consecutive days.
(c) No pilot may fly as a flight crew-
member more than—
(1) 120 hours during any 30 consecu-
tive days;
(2) 300 hours during any 90 consecu-
tive days; or
(3) 1,000 hours during any 12-calendar-
month period.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec. 31, 1964; 30
FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, as amended by Amdt.
121–253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996]
§ 121.485 Flight time limitations: Three
or more pilots and an additional
flight crewmember.
(a) Each certificate holder con-
ducting flag operations shall schedule
its flight hours to provide adequate
rest periods on the ground for each
pilot who is away from his base and
who is a pilot on an airplane that has
a crew of three or more pilots and an
additional flight crewmember. It shall
also provide adequate sleeping quarters
on the airplane whenever a pilot is
scheduled to fly more than 12 hours
during any 24 consecutive hours.
(b) The certificate holder conducting
flag operations shall give each pilot,
upon return to his base from any flight
or series of flights, a rest period that is
at least twice the total number of
hours he flew since the last rest period
at his base. During the rest period re-
quired by this paragraph, the air car-
rier may not require him to perform
any duty for it. If the required rest pe-
riod is more than seven days, that part
of the rest period in excess of seven
days may be given at any time before
the pilot is again scheduled for flight
duty on any route.
(c) No pilot may fly as a flight crew-
member more than—
(1) 350 hours during any 90 consecu-
tive days; or