Airline Pilot Regulation Flying Hours and Rest Times
 

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

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.

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