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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

§ 117.15

(4) A system for monitoring

flightcrew fatigue.

(5) An incident reporting process.
(6) A performance evaluation.

§ 117.9

Fatigue education and aware-

ness training program.

(a) Each certificate holder must de-

velop and implement an education and
awareness training program, approved
by the Administrator. This program
must provide annual education and
awareness training to all employees of
the certificate holder responsible for
administering the provisions of this
rule including flightcrew members, dis-
patchers, individuals directly involved
in the scheduling of flightcrew mem-
bers, individuals directly involved in
operational control, and any employee
providing direct management oversight
of those areas.

(b) The fatigue education and aware-

ness training program must be de-
signed to increase awareness of:

(1) Fatigue;
(2) The effects of fatigue on pilots;

and

(3) Fatigue countermeasures
(c) (1) Each certificate holder must

update its fatigue education and aware-
ness training program every two years
and submit the update to the Adminis-
trator for review and acceptance.

(2) Not later than 12 months after the

date of submission of the fatigue edu-
cation and awareness training program
required by (c)(1) of this section, the
Administrator shall review and accept
or reject the update. If the Adminis-
trator rejects an update, the Adminis-
trator shall provide suggested modi-
fications for resubmission of the up-
date.

§ 117.11

Flight time limitation.

(a) No certificate holder may sched-

ule and no flightcrew member may ac-
cept an assignment or continue an as-
signed flight duty period if the total
flight time:

(1) Will exceed the limits specified in

Table A of this part if the operation is
conducted with the minimum required
flightcrew.

(2) Will exceed 13 hours if the oper-

ation is conducted with a 3-pilot
flightcrew.

(3) Will exceed 17 hours if the oper-

ation is conducted with a 4-pilot
flightcrew.

(b) If unforeseen operational cir-

cumstances arise after takeoff that are
beyond the certificate holder’s control,
a flightcrew member may exceed the
maximum flight time specified in para-
graph (a) of this section and the cumu-
lative flight time limits in 117.23(b) to
the extent necessary to safely land the
aircraft at the next destination airport
or alternate, as appropriate.

port to the Administrator within 10
days any flight time that exceeded the
maximum flight time limits permitted
by this section or § 117.23(b). The report
must contain a description of the ex-
tended flight time limitation and the
circumstances surrounding the need for
the extension.

[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 398, Jan. 4,
2012; Amdt. 117–1, 78 FR 8362, Feb. 6, 2013; 78
FR 69288, Nov. 19, 2013]

§ 117.13

Flight duty period: Unaug-

mented operations.

(a) Except as provided for in § 117.15,

no certificate holder may assign and no
flightcrew member may accept an as-
signment for an unaugmented flight
operation if the scheduled flight duty
period will exceed the limits in Table B
of this part.

(b) If the flightcrew member is not

acclimated:

(1) The maximum flight duty period

in Table B of this part is reduced by 30
minutes.

(2) The applicable flight duty period

is based on the local time at the the-
ater in which the flightcrew member
was last acclimated.

§ 117.15

Flight duty period: Split duty.

For an unaugmented operation only,

if a flightcrew member is provided with
a rest opportunity (an opportunity to
sleep) in a suitable accommodation
during his or her flight duty period, the
time that the flightcrew member
spends in the suitable accommodation
is not part of that flightcrew member’s
flight duty period if all of the following
conditions are met:

(a) The rest opportunity is provided

between the hours of 22:00 and 05:00
local time.

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