Airline Pilot Regulation Flying Hours and Rest Times

[poffer]

Hi all,

I am currently doing some research on Pilot Fatigue and would like to understand the allowed pilot flying hours, as well as the rest times. I have taken a look at the CAP371 publication on the CAA website but I would like the information in a simpler format before I start trawling through it. Also, are the regulations the same worldwide? Do the FAA have the same safety requirements of their air crew.

Any help will be much appreciated.

Thanks

[MarkerInbound]

US rules vary depending on the type of operation (121 Domestic, Flag or Supplemental, 135 Scheduled or Un-scheduled), number of pilots and number of flight crewmembers. A two pilot domestic crew is limited to 8 hours flight time in 24 with 9 hours rest (or it could be 8 hours or 10 hours depending on how long the next rest period is scheduled), 30 hours in 7 days (with one 24 rest period during those 7 days), 100 hours in a calendar month and 1000 in a calendar year. A supplemental crew with two pilots and a flight engineer flying outside the 48 contiguous states is limited to 12 hours in 24, a 24 hour rest period every 7 days, 120 flight hours in 30 days, 300 in 90 days and 1000 in 12 months.

There are no simple answers.

[captjns]

These are from the FAA web site. Hope this helps.



Subpart Q—Flight Time Limitations and Rest Requirements: Domestic Operations

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....19.17&idno=14

Subpart R—Flight Time Limitations: Flag Operations

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....19.18&idno=14

Subpart S—Flight Time Limitations: Supplemental Operations

http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text....19.19&idno=14