Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 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 period.
(d) Each certificate holder shall relieve each flight crewmember engaged
in scheduled air transportation from
all further duty for at least 24 consecutive hours during any 7 consecutive
days.
Section 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 assignment, for flight time as a member of a
one- or two-pilot crew if that crewmember-s total flight time in all commercial 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 consecutive 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 consisting of one pilot; or
(2) 10 hours for a flight crew consisting of two pilots qualified under
this part for the operation being conducted.
(c) A flight crewmember-s flight time
may exceed the flight time limits of
paragraph (b) of this section if the assigned flight time occurs during a regularly 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 exceed - 
(i) 8 hours for a flight crew consisting
of one pilot; or

(ii) 10 hours for a flight crew consisting of two pilots; and
(3) If the combined duty and rest periods equal 24 hours.
(d) Each assignment under paragraph
(b) of this section must provide for at
least 10 consecutive hours of rest during the 24-hour period that precedes
the planned completion time of the assignment.
(e) When a flight crewmember has exceeded the daily flight time limitations
in this section, because of circumstances beyond the control of the
certificate holder or flight crewmember (such as adverse weather conditions), 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 provide 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]

Section 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 assignment, for flight time as a member of a
three- or four-pilot crew if that crewmember-s total flight time in all commercial 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 pilots, unless that assignment provides - 
(1) At least 10 consecutive hours of
rest immediately preceding the assignment;

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