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§ 121.495
required, the flight time limitations in
§ 121.483 apply to that flight engineer or
flight navigator.
(b) In any operation in which more
than one flight engineer or flight navi-
gator is required, the flight time limi-
tations in § 121.485 apply to those flight
engineers or flight navigators.
§ 121.495
Fatigue risk management
system.
(a) No certificate holder may exceed
any provision of this subpart unless ap-
proved by the FAA under a Fatigue
Risk Management System.
(b) The Fatigue Risk Management
System must include:
(1) A fatigue risk management pol-
icy.
(2) An education and awareness train-
ing program.
(3) A fatigue reporting system.
(4) A system for monitoring
flightcrew fatigue.
(5) An incident reporting process.
(6) A performance evaluation.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4,
2012]
Subpart S—Flight Time Limitations:
Supplemental Operations
S
OURCE
: Docket No. 6258, 29 FR 19218, Dec.
31, 1964; 30 FR 3639, Mar. 19, 1965, unless oth-
erwise noted.
§ 121.500
Applicability.
This subpart prescribes flight time
limitations and rest requirements for
supplemental all-cargo operations, ex-
cept that:
(a) Certificate holders conducting op-
erations with airplanes having a pas-
senger seat configuration of 30 seats or
fewer, excluding each crewmember
seat, and a payload capacity of 7,500
pound or less, may comply with the ap-
plicable requirements of §§ 135.261
through 135.273 of this chapter.
(b) A certificate holder may apply
the flightcrew member flight time and
duty limitations and requirements of
part 117 of this chapter. A certificate
holder may choose to apply part 117 to
its—
(1) All-cargo operations conducted
under contract to a U.S. Government
agency.
(2) All-cargo operations not con-
ducted under contract to a U.S. Gov-
ernment agency,
(3) A certificate holder may elect to
treat operations in paragraphs (b)(1)
and (b)(2) of this section differently
but, once having decided to conduct
those operations under part 117, may
not segregate those operations between
this subpart and part 117.
[Doc. No. FAA–2009–1093, 77 FR 403, Jan. 4,
2012]
§ 121.503
Flight time limitations: Pi-
lots: airplanes.
(a) A certificate holder conducting
supplemental operations may schedule
a pilot to fly in an airplane for eight
hours or less during any 24 consecutive
hours without a rest period during
those eight hours.
(b) Each pilot who has flown more
than eight hours during any 24 con-
secutive hours must be given at least
16 hours of rest before being assigned
to any duty with the certificate holder.
(c) Each certificate holder con-
ducting supplemental operations shall
relieve each pilot from all duty for at
least 24 consecutive hours at least once
during any seven consecutive days.
(d) No pilot may fly as a crewmember
in air transportation more than 100
hours during any 30 consecutive days.
(e) No pilot may fly as a crewmember
in air transportation more than 1,000
hours during any calendar year.
(f) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of
this section, the certificate holder
may, in conducting a transcontinental
nonstop flight, schedule a flight crew-
member for more than eight but not
more than 10 hours of continuous duty
aloft without an intervening rest pe-
riod, if—
(1) The flight is in an airplane with a
pressurization system that is operative
at the beginning of the flight;
(2) The flight crew consists of at least
two pilots and a flight engineer; and
(3) The certificate holder uses, in
conducting the operation, an air/
ground communication service that is
independent of systems operated by the
United States, and a dispatch organiza-
tion, both of which are approved by the
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