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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.
(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
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.
(c) A flight crewmember’s flight time
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;
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(2) 12 consecutive hours of rest if the
flight time limitation is exceeded by
more than 30 minutes, but not more
than 60 minutes; and
(3) 16 consecutive hours of rest if the
flight time limitation is exceeded by
more than 60 minutes.
(f) The certificate holder must pro-
vide each flight crewmember at least 13
rest periods of at least 24 consecutive
hours each in each calendar quarter.
[Doc. No. 23634, 50 FR 29320, July 18, 1985, as
amended by Amdt. 135–33, 54 FR 39294, Sept.
25, 1989; Amdt. 135–60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26,
1996]
§ 135.269 Flight time limitations and
rest requirements: Unscheduled
three- and four-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
three- or four-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) No certificate holder may assign
any pilot to a crew of three or four pi-
lots, unless that assignment provides—
(1) At least 10 consecutive hours of
rest immediately preceding the assign-
ment;
(2) No more than 8 hours of flight
deck duty in any 24 consecutive hours;
(3) No more than 18 duty hours for a
three-pilot crew or 20 duty hours for a
four-pilot crew in any 24 consecutive
hours;
(4) No more than 12 hours aloft for a
three-pilot crew or 16 hours aloft for a
four-pilot crew during the maximum
duty hours specified in paragraph (b)(3)
of this section;
(5) Adequate sleeping facilities on the
aircraft for the relief pilot;
(6) Upon completion of the assign-
ment, a rest period of at least 12 hours;
(7) For a three-pilot crew, a crew
which consists of at least the fol-
lowing:
(i) A pilot in command (PIC) who
meets the applicable flight crew-
member requirements of subpart E of
part 135;
(ii) A PIC who meets the applicable
flight crewmember requirements of
subpart E of part 135, except those pre-
scribed in §§ 135.244 and 135.247; and
(iii) A second in command (SIC) who
meets the SIC qualifications of
§ 135.245.
(8) For a four-pilot crew, at least
three pilots who meet the conditions of
paragraph (b)(7) of this section, plus a
fourth pilot who meets the SIC quali-
fications of § 135.245.
(c) When a flight crewmember has ex-
ceeded the daily flight deck duty limi-
tation in this section by more than 60
minutes, because of circumstances be-
yond the control of the certificate
holder or flight crewmember, that
flight crewmember must have a rest
period before the next duty period of at
least 16 consecutive hours.
(d) A certificate holder must provide
each flight crewmember at least 13 rest
periods of at least 24 consecutive hours
each in each calendar quarter.
§ 135.271 Helicopter hospital emer-
gency medical evacuation service
(HEMES).
(a) No certificate holder may assign
any flight crewmember, and no flight
crewmember may accept an assign-
ment for flight time if that crew-
member’s total flight time in all com-
mercial flight 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) No certificate holder may assign a
helicopter flight crewmember, and no
flight crewmember may accept an as-
signment, for hospital emergency med-
ical evacuation service helicopter oper-
ations unless that assignment provides
for at least 10 consecutive hours of rest
immediately preceding reporting to the
hospital for availability for flight time.
(c) No flight crewmember may accrue
more than 8 hours of flight time during
any 24-consecutive hour period of a
HEMES assignment, unless an emer-
gency medical evacuation operation is
prolonged. Each flight crewmember
who exceeds the daily 8 hour flight
time limitation in this paragraph must
be relieved of the HEMES assignment
immediately upon the completion of