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Code · CFR · Title 14 — Aeronautics and Space · Part 91 — General Operating and Flight Rules · § 91.1059

§ 91.1059. Flight time limitations and rest requirements: One or two pilot crews.

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(a)No program manager 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 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 subpart for the operation being conducted.
(c)No program manager may assign any flight crewmember, and no flight crewmember may accept an assignment, if that crewmember's flight time or duty period will exceed, or rest time will be less than— Normal duty Extension of flight time
(1)Minimum Rest Immediately Before Duty10 Hours10 Hours.
(2)Duty PeriodUp to 14 HoursUp to 14 Hours.
(3)Flight Time For 1 PilotUp to 8 HoursExceeding 8 Hours up to 9 Hours.
(4)Flight Time For 2 PilotsUp to 10 HoursExceeding 10 Hours up to 12 Hours.
(5)Minimum After Duty Rest10 Hours12 Hours.
(6)Minimum After Duty Rest Period for Multi-Time Zone Flights14 Hours18 Hours.
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