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14 CFR Ch. I (1–1–24 Edition)

§§ 135.249–135.255

§§ 135.249–135.255 [Reserved]

Subpart F—Crewmember Flight

Time and Duty Period Limita-
tions and Rest Requirements

OURCE

: Docket No. 23634, 50 FR 29320, July

18, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

§ 135.261 Applicability.

Sections 135.263 through 135.273 of

this part prescribe flight time limita-
tions, duty period limitations, and rest
requirements for operations conducted
under this part as follows:

(a) Section 135.263 applies to all oper-

ations under this subpart.

(b) Section 135.265 applies to:
(1) Scheduled passenger-carrying op-

erations except those conducted solely
within the state of Alaska. ‘‘Scheduled
passenger-carrying operations’’ means
passenger-carrying operations that are
conducted in accordance with a pub-
lished schedule which covers at least
five round trips per week on at least
one route between two or more points,
includes dates or times (or both), and is
openly advertised or otherwise made
readily available to the general public,
and

(2) Any other operation under this

part, if the operator elects to comply
with § 135.265 and obtains an appro-
priate operations specification amend-
ment.

to any operation that is not a sched-
uled passenger-carrying operation and
to any operation conducted solely
within the State of Alaska, unless the
operator elects to comply with § 135.265
as authorized under paragraph (b)(2) of
this section.

(d) Section 135.271 contains special

daily flight time limits for operations
conducted under the helicopter emer-
gency medical evacuation service
(HEMES).

(e) Section 135.273 prescribes duty pe-

riod limitations and rest requirements
for flight attendants in all operations
conducted under this part.

[Doc. No. 23634, 50 FR 29320, July 18, 1985, as
amended by Amdt. 135–52, 59 FR 42993, Aug.
19, 1994]

§ 135.263 Flight time limitations and

rest requirements: All certificate

holders.

(a) A certificate holder may assign a

flight crewmember and a flight crew-
member may accept an assignment for
flight time only when the applicable
requirements of §§ 135.263 through
135.271 are met.

(b) No certificate holder may assign

any flight crewmember to any duty
with the certificate holder during any
required rest period.

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.

(d) A flight crewmember is not con-

sidered to be assigned flight time in ex-
cess of flight time limitations if the
flights to which he is assigned nor-
mally terminate within the limita-
tions, but due to circumstances beyond
the control of the certificate holder or
flight crewmember (such as adverse
weather conditions), are not at the
time of departure expected to reach
their destination within the planned
flight time.

§ 135.265 Flight time limitations and

rest requirements: Scheduled oper-

ations.

(a) No certificate holder may sched-

ule any flight crewmember, and no
flight crewmember may accept an as-
signment, for flight time in scheduled
operations or in other commercial fly-
ing if that crewmember’s total flight
time in all commercial flying will ex-
ceed—

(1) 1,200 hours in any calendar year.
(2) 120 hours in any calendar month.
(3) 34 hours in any 7 consecutive days.
(4) 8 hours during any 24 consecutive

hours for a flight crew consisting of
one pilot.

(5) 8 hours between required rest peri-

ods for a flight crew consisting of two
pilots qualified under this part for the
operation being conducted.

(b) Except as provided in paragraph

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§ 135.267

may schedule a flight crewmember,
and no flight crewmember may accept
an assignment, for flight time during
the 24 consecutive hours preceding the
scheduled completion of any flight seg-
ment without a scheduled rest period
during that 24 hours of at least the fol-
lowing:

(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
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.

(d) Each certificate holder 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.

§ 135.267 Flight time limitations and

rest requirements: Unscheduled

one- and two-pilot crews.

(a) No certificate holder may assign

any flight crewmember, and no flight
crewmember may accept an assign-
ment, for flight time as a member of a
one- or two-pilot crew if that crew-

member’s total flight time in all com-
mercial flying will exceed—

(1) 500 hours in any calendar quarter.
(2) 800 hours in any two consecutive

calendar quarters.

(3) 1,400 hours in any calendar year.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph

(c) of this section, during any 24 con-
secutive hours the total flight time of
the assigned flight when added to any
other commercial flying by that flight
crewmember may not exceed—

(1) 8 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of one pilot; or

(2) 10 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of two pilots qualified under
this part for the operation being con-
ducted.

may exceed the flight time limits of
paragraph (b) of this section if the as-
signed flight time occurs during a regu-
larly assigned duty period of no more
than 14 hours and—

(1) If this duty period is immediately

preceded by and followed by a required
rest period of at least 10 consecutive
hours of rest;

(2) If flight time is assigned during

this period, that total flight time when
added to any other commercial flying
by the flight crewmember may not ex-
ceed—

(i) 8 hours for a flight crew consisting

of one pilot; or

(ii) 10 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of two pilots; and

(3) If the combined duty and rest pe-

riods equal 24 hours.

(d) Each assignment under paragraph

(b) of this section must provide for at
least 10 consecutive hours of rest dur-
ing the 24-hour period that precedes
the planned completion time of the as-
signment.

(e) When a flight crewmember has ex-

ceeded the daily flight time limitations
in this section, because of cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the
certificate holder or flight crew-
member (such as adverse weather con-
ditions), that flight crewmember must
have a rest period before being assigned
or accepting an assignment for flight
time of at least—

(1) 11 consecutive hours of rest if the

flight time limitation is exceeded by
not more than 30 minutes;