Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 135.273

Section 135.273 Duty period limitations and
rest time requirements.
(a) For purposes of this section - 
Calendar day means the period of
elapsed time, using Coordinated Universal Time or local time, that begins
at midnight and ends 24 hours later at
the next midnight.
Duty period means the period of
elapsed time between reporting for an
assignment involving flight time and
release from that assignment by the
certificate holder. The time is calculated using either Coordinated Universal Time or local time to reflect the
total elapsed time.
Flight attendant means an individual,
other than a flight crewmember, who is
assigned by the certificate holder, in
accordance with the required minimum
crew complement under the certificate
holder-s operations specifications or in
addition to that minimum complement, to duty in an aircraft during
flight time and whose duties include
but are not necessarily limited to
cabin-safety-related responsibilities.
Rest period means the period free of
all responsibility for work or duty
should the occasion arise.
(b) Except as provided in paragraph
(c) of this section, a certificate holder
may assign a duty period to a flight attendant only when the applicable duty
period limitations and rest requirements of this paragraph are met.
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs
(b)(4), (b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section,
no certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 14 hours.
(2) Except as provided in paragraph
(b)(3) of this section, a flight attendant
scheduled to a duty period of 14 hours
or less as provided under paragraph
(b)(1) of this section must be given a
scheduled rest period of at least 9 consecutive hours. This rest period must
occur between the completion of the
scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.
(3) The rest period required under
paragraph (b)(2) of this section may be
scheduled or reduced to 8 consecutive
hours if the flight attendant is provided a subsequent rest period of at
least 10 consecutive hours; this subsequent rest period must be scheduled to

begin no later than 24 hours after the
beginning of the reduced rest period
and must occur between the completion of the scheduled duty period and
the commencement of the subsequent
duty period.
(4) A certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 14 hours, but no
more than 16 hours, if the certificate
holder has assigned to the flight or
flights in that duty period at least one
flight attendant in addition to the minimum flight attendant complement required for the flight or flights in that
duty period under the certificate holder-s operations specifications.
(5) A certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 16 hours, but no
more than 18 hours, if the certificate
holder has assigned to the flight or
flights in that duty period at least two
flight attendants in addition to the
minimum flight attendant complement
required for the flight or flights in that
duty period under the certificate holder-s operations specifications.
(6) A certificate holder may assign a
flight attendant to a scheduled duty
period of more than 18 hours, but no
more than 20 hours, if the scheduled
duty period includes one or more
flights that land or take off outside the
48 contiguous states and the District of
Columbia, and if the certificate holder
has assigned to the flight or flights in
that duty period at least three flight
attendants in addition to the minimum
flight attendant complement required
for the flight or flights in that duty period under the certificate holder-s operations specifications.
(7) Except as provided in paragraph
(b)(8) of this section, a flight attendant
scheduled to a duty period of more
than 14 hours but no more than 20
hours, as provided in paragraphs (b)(4),
(b)(5), and (b)(6) of this section, must be
given a scheduled rest period of at least
12 consecutive hours. This rest period
must occur between the completion of
the scheduled duty period and the commencement of the subsequent duty period.
(8) The rest period required under
paragraph (b)(7) of this section may be
scheduled or reduced to 10 consecutive

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