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§ 121.487 

(2) 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] 

§ 121.487 Flight time limitations: Pilots 

not regularly assigned. 

(a) Except as provided in paragraphs 

(b) through (e) of this section, a pilot 
who is not regularly assigned as a 
flight crewmember for an entire cal-
endar month under § 121.483 or 121.485 
may not fly more than 100 hours in any 
30 consecutive days. 

(b) The monthly flight time limita-

tions for a pilot who is scheduled for 
duty aloft for more than 20 hours in 
two-pilot crews in any calendar month, 
or whose assignment in such a crew is 
interrupted more than once in that cal-
endar month by assignment to a crew 
consisting of two or more pilots and an 
additional flight crewmember, are 
those set forth in § 121.481. 

(c) Except for a pilot covered by para-

graph (b) of this section, the monthly 
and quarterly flight time limitations 
for a pilot who is scheduled for duty 
aloft for more than 20 hours in two- 
pilot and additional flight crewmember 
crews in any calendar month, or whose 
assignment in such a crew is inter-
rupted more than once in that calendar 
month by assignment to a crew con-
sisting of three pilots and additional 
flight crewmember, are those set forth 
in § 121.483. 

(d) The quarterly flight time limita-

tions for a pilot to whom paragraphs 
(b) and (c) of this section do not apply 
and who is scheduled for duty aloft for 
a total of not more than 20 hours with-
in any calendar month in two-pilot 
crews (with or without additional 
flight crewmembers) are those set forth 
in § 121.485. 

(e) The monthly and quarterly flight 

time limitations for a pilot assigned to 
each of two-pilot, two-pilot and addi-
tional flight crewmember, and three- 
pilot and additional flight crewmember 
crews in a given calendar month, and 
who is not subject to paragraph (b), (c), 

or (d) of this section, are those set 
forth in § 121.483. 

[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec. 31, 1964; 
Amdt. 121–3, 30 FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, as 
amended by Amdt. 121–137, 42 FR 43973, Sept. 
1, 1977] 

§ 121.489 Flight time limitations: Other 

commercial flying. 

No pilot that is employed as a pilot 

by a certificate holder conducting flag 
operations may do any other commer-
cial flying if that commercial flying 
plus his flying in air transportation 
will exceed any flight time limitation 
in this part. 

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

§ 121.491 Flight time limitations: 

Deadhead transportation. 

Time spent in deadhead transpor-

tation to or from duty assignment is 
not considered to be a part of a rest pe-
riod. 

§ 121.493 Flight time limitations: 

Flight engineers and flight naviga-

tors. 

(a) In any operation in which one 

flight engineer or flight navigator is 
required, the flight time limitations in 
§ 121.483 apply to that flight engineer or 
flight navigator. 

(b) In any operation in which more 

than one flight engineer or flight navi-
gator is required, the flight time limi-
tations in § 121.485 apply to those flight 
engineers or flight navigators. 

§ 121.495 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]