Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 121.493

Section 121.485 Flight time limitations: Three
or more pilots and an additional
flight crewmember.
(a) Each certificate holder conducting flag operations shall schedule
its flight hours to provide adequate
rest periods on the ground for each
pilot who is away from his base and
who is a pilot on an airplane that has
a crew of three or more pilots and an
additional flight crewmember. It shall
also provide adequate sleeping quarters
on the airplane whenever a pilot is
scheduled to fly more than 12 hours
during any 24 consecutive hours.
(b) The certificate holder conducting
flag operations shall give each pilot,
upon return to his base from any flight
or series of flights, a rest period that is
at least twice the total number of
hours he flew since the last rest period
at his base. During the rest period required by this paragraph, the air carrier may not require him to perform
any duty for it. If the required rest period is more than seven days, that part
of the rest period in excess of seven
days may be given at any time before
the pilot is again scheduled for flight
duty on any route.
(c) No pilot may fly as a flight crewmember more than - 
(1) 350 hours during any 90 consecutive days; or
(2) 1,000 hours during any 12-calendarmonth period.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec. 31, 1964; 30
FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, as amended by Amdt.
121-253, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.487 Flight time limitations: Pilots
not regularly assigned.
(a) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b) through (e) of this section, a pilot
who is not regularly assigned as a
flight crewmember for an entire calendar month under Section 121.483 or 121.485
may not fly more than 100 hours in any
30 consecutive days.
(b) The monthly flight time limitations for a pilot who is scheduled for
duty aloft for more than 20 hours in
two-pilot crews in any calendar month,
or whose assignment in such a crew is
interrupted more than once in that calendar month by assignment to a crew
consisting of two or more pilots and an
additional flight crewmember, are
those set forth in Section 121.481.

(c) Except for a pilot covered by paragraph (b) of this section, the monthly
and quarterly flight time limitations
for a pilot who is scheduled for duty
aloft for more than 20 hours in twopilot and additional flight crewmember
crews in any calendar month, or whose
assignment in such a crew is interrupted more than once in that calendar
month by assignment to a crew consisting of three pilots and additional
flight crewmember, are those set forth
in Section 121.483.
(d) The quarterly flight time limitations for a pilot to whom paragraphs
(b) and (c) of this section do not apply
and who is scheduled for duty aloft for
a total of not more than 20 hours within any calendar month in two-pilot
crews (with or without additional
flight crewmembers) are those set forth
in Section 121.485.
(e) The monthly and quarterly flight
time limitations for a pilot assigned to
each of two-pilot, two-pilot and additional flight crewmember, and threepilot and additional flight crewmember
crews in a given calendar month, and
who is not subject to paragraph (b), (c),
or (d) of this section, are those set
forth in Section 121.483.
[Doc. No. 6258, 29 FR 19217, Dec. 31, 1964;
Amdt. 121-3, 30 FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, as
amended by Amdt. 121-137, 42 FR 43973, Sept.
1, 1977]

Section 121.489 Flight time limitations: Other
commercial flying.
No pilot that is employed as a pilot
by a certificate holder conducting flag
operations may do any other commercial flying if that commercial flying
plus his flying in air transportation
will exceed any flight time limitation
in this part.
[Doc. No. 28154, 61 FR 2612, Jan. 26, 1996]

Section 121.491 Flight
time
limitations:
Deadhead transportation.
Time spent in deadhead transportation to or from duty assignment is
not considered to be a part of a rest period.
Section 121.493 Flight
time
limitations:
Flight engineers and flight navigators.
(a) In any operation in which one
flight engineer or flight navigator is

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