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§ 135.269
(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
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that emergency medical evacuation op-
eration and must be given a rest period
in compliance with paragraph (h) of
this section.
(d) Each flight crewmember must re-
ceive at least 8 consecutive hours of
rest during any 24 consecutive hour pe-
riod of a HEMES assignment. A flight
crewmember must be relieved of the
HEMES assignment if he or she has not
or cannot receive at least 8 consecutive
hours of rest during any 24 consecutive
hour period of a HEMES assignment.
(e) A HEMES assignment may not ex-
ceed 72 consecutive hours at the hos-
pital.
(f) An adequate place of rest must be
provided at, or in close proximity to,
the hospital at which the HEMES as-
signment is being performed.
(g) No certificate holder may assign
any other duties to a flight crew-
member during a HEMES assignment.
(h) Each pilot must be given a rest
period upon completion of the HEMES
assignment and prior to being assigned
any further duty with the certificate
holder of—
(1) At least 12 consecutive hours for
an assignment of less than 48 hours.
(2) At least 16 consecutive hours for
an assignment of more than 48 hours.
(i) 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.
§ 135.273 Duty period limitations and
rest time requirements.
(a) For purposes of this section—
Calendar day
means the period of
elapsed time, using Coordinated Uni-
versal Time or local time, that begins
at midnight and ends 24 hours later at
the next midnight.
Duty period
means the period of
elapsed time between reporting for an
assignment involving flight time and
release from that assignment by the
certificate holder. The time is cal-
culated using either Coordinated Uni-
versal Time or local time to reflect the
total elapsed time.
Flight attendant
means an individual,
other than a flight crewmember, who is
assigned by the certificate holder, in
accordance with the required minimum
crew complement under the certificate
holder’s operations specifications or in
addition to that minimum com-
plement, to duty in an aircraft during
flight time and whose duties include
but are not necessarily limited to
cabin-safety-related responsibilities.
Rest period
means the period free of
all responsibility for work or duty
should the occasion arise.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this section, a certificate holder
may assign a duty period to a flight at-
tendant only when the applicable duty
period limitations and rest require-
ments of this paragraph are met.
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b)(4), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section,
no certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 14 hours.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section, a flight attendant
scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours
or less as provided under paragraph
(b)(1) of this section must be given a
scheduled rest period of at least 9 con-
secutive hours. This rest period must
occur between the completion of the
scheduled duty period and the com-
mencement of the subsequent duty pe-
riod.
(3) The rest period required under
paragraph (b)(2) of this section may be
scheduled or reduced to 8 consecutive
hours if the flight attendant is pro-
vided a subsequent rest period of at
least 10 consecutive hours; this subse-
quent rest period must be scheduled to
begin no later than 24 hours after the
beginning of the reduced rest period
and must occur between the comple-
tion of the scheduled duty period and
the commencement of the subsequent
duty period.
(4) A certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 14 hours, but no
more than 16 hours, if the certificate
holder has assigned to the flight or
flights in that duty period at least one
flight attendant in addition to the min-
imum flight attendant complement re-
quired for the flight or flights in that
duty period under the certificate hold-
er’s operations specifications.
(5) A certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 16 hours, but no
more than 18 hours, if the certificate
holder has assigned to the flight or