8.1 GENERAL
8.1.1 Applicability and Definitions
8.1.1.1 DEFINITIONS
(a) In this Part—
“Calendar day” means the period of elapsed time, using Co-ordinated Universal Time or local
time, that begins at midnight and ends 24 hours later in the next midnight;
“Deadheading” means the time spent in transportation on an aircraft (at the insistence of the
AOC holder) to or from a crew member’s home station;
“Flight Duty Period” means a time during which a person operates an aircraft as a member of its crew
commencing when the person is required by the company to report for a flight
and finishes at on chocks or engine off at the final sector;
“Line operating flight time” means the flight time recorded by the PIC or co-pilot while in
commercial air transport service for an AOC holder;
“Rest period” means a period of time before starting a flying duty period which is designed
to give crewmembers adequate opportunity to rest before a flight;
8.11 REST PERIODS, DUTY, AND FLIGHT TIME:
COMMERCIAL AIR TRANSPORT
8.11.1.1 APPLICABILITY
This scheme shall apply in relation to any duty carried out at the behest of the AOC holder by both flight crew and cabin crew. AOC holders are given the option of omitting paragraph(s) where this symbol `‡‘ is annotated.
8.11.1.2 PURPOSE
The purpose of the scheme is to interpret the requirements of the relevant sections of the Civil Aviation Regulations as they apply to the regulation of flight times and the avoidance of fatigue in aircrew
8.11.1.3 RESPONSIBILITIES
- An AOC holder shall publish rosters in advance so that operating crews can plan adequate pre-flight rest.
- All crew members shall be given at least 7 days notice of days off.
- Before the start of the roster year, the start and finish dates of each roster period, plus the expected publication date, shall be issued to crewmembers.
- Responsibility for the proper control of flight and duty time does not rest wholly with the AOC holder. All crew members shall have a responsibility to make optimum use of the opportunities and facilities for rest provided.
- All crew members shall be responsible for planning and using their rest periods properly in order to minimize incurring fatigue.
- A crew member shall not act as operating crew if he or she knows, or suspects that his or her physical or mental condition renders him or her unfit to operate and he or she shall not fly if he or she knows that he or she is, or are likely to be, in breach of this scheme.
8.11.1.4 DEFINITIONS
Definitions in the flight duty scheme shall have the meanings defined in IS: 8.11.1.4
8.11.1.5 FLIGHT DUTY PERIOD
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.5
8.11.1.6 FLIGHT DUTY PERIOD TABLES
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.6
8.11.1.7 LIMITS ON TWO FLIGHT CREW LONG RANGE OPERATI ONS
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.7
8.11.1.8 EXTENSION OF FLYING DUTY PERIOD BY IN-FLIGHT RELIEF
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.8
8.11.1.9 CALCULATION OF DELAY REPORTING TIMES IN A SINGLE FDP
Delayed reporting times in a single flight duty period prior to leaving a place of rest shall be calculated as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.9
8.11.1.10 AIRCRAFT COMMANDER’S DISCRETION TO EXTEND A FDP
An aircraft commander’s discretion to extend a flight duty period shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.10
8.11.1.11 SPLIT DUTY EXTENSIONS
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.11
8.11.1.12 REPORTING EXERCISE OF DISCRETION TO AN EXTENSION OF A FDP
Whenever a commander extends an FDP it shall be reported to ( Specify reporting point, i.e.
Operations Manager ) on a Discretion Report Form, in the format of (Specify Company form).
If the extension under subsection (i) is greater than 2 hours, then the company shall submit the commander’s written report, together with the AOC holder’s comments, to the Authority, within 14 days of the aircraft’s return to base
8.11.1.13 LATE FINISHES /EARLY STARTS
No AOC holder shall schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.13
8.11.1.14 STANDBY DUTY
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.14
8.11.1.15 MIXED DUTIES
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.15
8.11.1.16 DEADHEADING
Travelling time shall be interpreted as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.16
8.11.1.17 TRAVELLING TIME
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.17
8.11.1.18 REST PERIODS
An AOC holder shall not schedule rest periods except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.18
8.11.1.19 AIRCRAFT COMMANDER’S DISCRETION TO REDUCE A REST PERIOD
An aircraft commander’s discretion to reduce a rest period shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.19
8.11.1.20 REPORTING EXERCISE OF DISCRETION TO REDUCE A REST PERIOD
Whenever a commander reduces a rest period, it shall be reported as prescribed in IS 8.11.1.20
8.11.1.21 DAYS OFF
An AOC holder shall not schedule a crewmember except as prescribed in IS: 8.11.21
8.11.1.22 ABSOLUTE LIMIT ON FLYING HOURS
Absolute limit on flying hours shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.22
8.11.1.23 CUMULATIVE DUTY HOURS
Crew members cumulative duty hours shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.23
8.11.1.24 CALCULATION OF CUMULATIVE DUTY HOURS
Calculation of cumulative duty hours shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.24
8.11.1.25 RECORDS TO BE MAINTAINED
Records for flight and duty time and rest periods of all flying staff shall be as prescribed in IS: 8.11.1.25
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