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tions. For international flights that require 24-hour period. force the current regulations. In February
more than 12 hours of flight time, air car- 1999, ARAC reported that there was no
riers must establish rest periods and pro-
1998 ARAC
consensus in the aviation community. The
vide adequate sleeping facilities on the In July 1998, the FAA Administrator group offered five different proposals to
airplane for in-flight rest. asked the Aviation Rulemaking Advisory update the flight and rest regulations.
An air carrier may not schedule any pi- Committee (ARAC) to work with the in-
lot and no pilot may accept an assignment dustry to reach a consensus and develop a
1999 Federal Register Notice
for flight time in scheduled air transporta- new proposal. If no consensus could be In response to concerns raised by the
tion or other commercial flying if that pi- reached, the FAA would subsequently en- pilot community, Continued on page 12
lot’s total flight time will exceed the
regulatory limits.
It is the responsibility of both the air
carrier and the pilot to prevent fatigue, not
only by following the regulations, but also
by acting responsibly while serving the
traveling public. This means taking into
consideration weather conditions, air traf-
fic, the health of each pilot, and any other
personal circumstances that may affect a
pilot’s performance. The FAA has recom-
mended that air carriers include fatigue
training as part of their crew resource
management training programs.
FAA Actions
1995 Proposal for Pilots
In 1995, the FAA proposed a rule to
change flight time and rest limits. The
agency received more than 2,000 com-
ments from the aviation community and
the public. Most of those comments did
not favor the rule as proposed, and there
was no clear consensus on what the final
rule should say. Highlights of the 1995
proposal:
• Reduce the number of duty hours
(the time a flight crewmember is on
the job, available to fly) from the cur-
rent 16 hours to 14 hours for two-pi-
lot crews. It would have allowed up
to 10 flight hours in the 14 duty
hours. Current rules allow up to 16
hours continuous duty time.
• Additional duty hours would be per-
mitted only for unexpected operational
problems, such as flight delays. In no
event could such delays add more than
two hours to the pilot’s duty day.
• Airlines could no longer schedule pi-
lots in advance in a manner that ex-
ceed the duty time.
• To ensure that pilots have an adequate
opportunity to rest, off-duty time
would be increased from eight hours
to 10 hours under the proposal.
• Pilots would have to be given at least
one 36-hour off-duty period every
seven days. Current rules call for a
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