Item
|
“New” FAR
Part 117
|
Current
Rule FAR
Part 121 |
Applicability
|
Applicable
to all types
of passenger
operations -
scheduled
and
non-scheduled,
domestic and
international.
|
Different
rules for
scheduled,
non-scheduled,
domestic,
supplemental
and
international
Part 121
operations. |
Flight Duty
Periods (FDP)
|
Limits the
length of
the FDP
based on the
time of day
the pilot
starts the
FDP and
number of
landings the
crew is to
perform. See
table below.
|
Currently
there are no
limits in
the
regulations. The 16-hour
limit was
obtained
through a
legal
interpretation
and does not
take into
account the
time of
report and
is not
adjusted for
the number
of flights
scheduled in
the FDP.
|
Minimum Rest
|
Minimum rest
is 10 hours,
which begins
when the
crew is
released
from duty.
This is
designed to
ensure an
8-hour sleep
opportunity.
The crew
will be
required to
notify the
company if
the rest
break needs
to be
extended to
achieve the
8-hour sleep
opportunity.
|
9 hours
reducible to
8 hours that
starts when
the crew is
released
from duty
and ends
when the
crew reports
for duty.
Does not
factor in a
sleep
opportunity. |
Reduced Rest
|
Not
applicable.
|
Reducible to
8 hours
rest. |
Maximum
Flight Time
Limits,
Unaugmented
|
Hard limit,
not
extendable.
See Table
below.
|
8 hours
scheduled
that can be
extended due
to
“unforeseen
circumstances.” |
Cumulative
Limitations
|
Cumulative
fatigue
protections
are measured
in terms of
flight
hours…
• 100 block
hours in any
672
consecutive
hours (28
days)
• 1,000
block hours
in any
365-day
period … and
duty hours:
• 60 flight
duty period
hours in any
168
consecutive
hours
• 190 flight
duty period
hours in any
672
consecutive
hours.
|
Limits
flight hours
on the basis
of weekly,
monthly and
yearly basis
dependent on
type of
operations
flown and
type of
equipment
operated
(e.g.
domestic,
international
or
supplemental). |
Flight Duty
Period -
Split Duty
|
Applied to
night
operations
between the
hours of
2200 and
0500 and
requires a
3-hour rest
in a
suitable
accommodation
during the
FDP.
|
No current
limits. |
Reserve
|
-Defines
short-call
and
long-call
reserve.
-Airport/standby
reserve (as
defined in
Part 117) is
part of the
pilot’s FDP.
-Maximum
short-call
reserve
availability
period is 14
hours.
-Maximum
amount of
time spent
on reserve
and FDP is
the value in
the Table B
FDP table
plus 4 hours
or 16 hours,
whichever is
less, as
measured by
the start of
the reserve
availability
period.
-
May be
shifted from
long-call to
short-call
only if
pilot
receives a
legal rest
period (10
hours).
|
Reserve not
defined in
current FAR. |
FDP
Extensions
|
FDP may be
extended by
2 hours with
concurrence
of PIC.
Extension
beyond 30
minutes can
only occur
once before
receiving a
30-hour rest
period. Any
extension
cannot
violate the
cumulative
duty limit.
Strict
reporting
requirements
on all
extensions
beyond 30
minutes.
|
No current
rule for
extensions
or
reporting.
Everything
is based on
scheduled
operations
and flight
time. |
Fitness for
Duty
|
Joint
responsibility
between the
pilot and
the airline
for ensuring
the pilot is
fit for
duty. The
pilot must
sign that he
or she is
fit for duty
to take the
flight. If a
pilot
reports
fatigue, he
or she must
be removed
from the
flight.
|
Current FAR
is vague in
regards to
fitness for
duty. |
Fatigue Risk
Management
Systems
|
Provides an
option to
develop an
FAA-approved
FRMS.
|
No current
option. |