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§ 135.269 

(3) A rest required under paragraph 

(b)(3) of this section may be scheduled 
for or reduced to a minimum of 9 hours 
if the flight crewmember is given a rest 
period of at least 12 hours that must 
begin no later than 24 hours after the 
commencement of the reduced rest pe-
riod. 

(d) Each certificate holder shall re-

lieve each flight crewmember engaged 
in scheduled air transportation from 
all further duty for at least 24 consecu-
tive hours during any 7 consecutive 
days. 

§ 135.267

Flight time limitations and 

rest requirements: Unscheduled 
one- and two-pilot crews. 

(a) No certificate holder may assign 

any flight crewmember, and no flight 
crewmember may accept an assign-
ment, for flight time as a member of a 
one- or two-pilot crew if that crew-
member’s total flight time in all com-
mercial flying will exceed— 

(1) 500 hours in any calendar quarter. 
(2) 800 hours in any two consecutive 

calendar quarters. 

(3) 1,400 hours in any calendar year. 
(b) Except as provided in paragraph 

(c) of this section, during any 24 con-
secutive hours the total flight time of 
the assigned flight when added to any 
other commercial flying by that flight 
crewmember may not exceed— 

(1) 8 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of one pilot; or 

(2) 10 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of two pilots qualified under 
this part for the operation being con-
ducted. 

(c) A flight crewmember’s flight time 

may exceed the flight time limits of 
paragraph (b) of this section if the as-
signed flight time occurs during a regu-
larly assigned duty period of no more 
than 14 hours and— 

(1) If this duty period is immediately 

preceded by and followed by a required 
rest period of at least 10 consecutive 
hours of rest; 

(2) If flight time is assigned during 

this period, that total flight time when 
added to any other commercial flying 
by the flight crewmember may not ex-
ceed— 

(i) 8 hours for a flight crew consisting 

of one pilot; or 

(ii) 10 hours for a flight crew con-

sisting of two pilots; and 

(3) If the combined duty and rest pe-

riods equal 24 hours. 

(d) Each assignment under paragraph 

(b) of this section must provide for at 
least 10 consecutive hours of rest dur-
ing the 24-hour period that precedes 
the planned completion time of the as-
signment. 

(e) When a flight crewmember has ex-

ceeded the daily flight time limitations 
in this section, because of cir-
cumstances beyond the control of the 
certificate holder or flight crew-
member (such as adverse weather con-
ditions), that flight crewmember must 
have a rest period before being assigned 
or accepting an assignment for flight 
time of at least— 

(1) 11 consecutive hours of rest if the 

flight time limitation is exceeded by 
not more than 30 minutes; 

(2) 12 consecutive hours of rest if the 

flight time limitation is exceeded by 
more than 30 minutes, but not more 
than 60 minutes; and 

(3) 16 consecutive hours of rest if the 

flight time limitation is exceeded by 
more than 60 minutes. 

(f) The certificate holder must pro-

vide each flight crewmember at least 13 
rest periods of at least 24 consecutive 
hours each in each calendar quarter. 

[Doc. No. 23634, 50 FR 29320, July 18, 1985, as 
amended by Amdt. 135–33, 54 FR 39294, Sept. 
25, 1989; Amdt. 135–60, 61 FR 2616, Jan. 26, 
1996] 

§ 135.269

Flight time limitations and 

rest requirements: Unscheduled 
three- and four-pilot crews. 

(a) No certificate holder may assign 

any flight crewmember, and no flight 
crewmember may accept an assign-
ment, for flight time as a member of a 
three- or four-pilot crew if that crew-
member’s total flight time in all com-
mercial flying will exceed— 

(1) 500 hours in any calendar quarter. 
(2) 800 hours in any two consecutive 

calendar quarters. 

(3) 1,400 hours in any calendar year. 
(b) No certificate holder may assign 

any pilot to a crew of three or four pi-
lots, unless that assignment provides— 

(1) At least 10 consecutive hours of 

rest immediately preceding the assign-
ment; 

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