Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 117.15

(4)
A
system
for
monitoring
flightcrew fatigue.
(5) An incident reporting process.
(6) A performance evaluation.

(3) Will exceed 17 hours if the operation is conducted with a 4-pilot
flightcrew.
(b) If unforeseen operational circumstances arise after takeoff that are
beyond the certificate holder-s control,
a flightcrew member may exceed the
maximum flight time specified in paragraph (a) of this section and the cumulative 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.
(c) Each certificate holder must report to the Administrator within 10
days any flight time that exceeded the
maximum flight time limits permitted
by this section or Section 117.23(b). The report
must contain a description of the extended flight time limitation and the
circumstances surrounding the need for
the extension.

Section 117.9 Fatigue education and awareness training program.
(a) Each certificate holder must develop 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, dispatchers, individuals directly involved
in the scheduling of flightcrew members, individuals directly involved in
operational control, and any employee
providing direct management oversight
of those areas.
(b) The fatigue education and awareness training program must be designed 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 awareness training program every two years
and submit the update to the Administrator for review and acceptance.
(2) Not later than 12 months after the
date of submission of the fatigue education and awareness training program
required by (c)(1) of this section, the
Administrator shall review and accept
or reject the update. If the Administrator rejects an update, the Administrator shall provide suggested modifications for resubmission of the update.
Section 117.11

[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]

Section 117.13 Flight duty period: Unaugmented operations.
(a) Except as provided for in Section 117.15,
no certificate holder may assign and no
flightcrew member may accept an assignment 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 theater in which the flightcrew member
was last acclimated.
Section 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.

Flight time limitation.

(a) No certificate holder may schedule and no flightcrew member may accept an assignment or continue an assigned 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 operation is conducted with a 3-pilot
flightcrew.

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