Part V(A) - Single Pilot Charter, and Flying Training Operations
Roster Limits
5.1.1 A flight crewmember shall not be rostered for duty on more than four consecutive nights where the duty period involves 'late night' operations.
5.1.2 A flight crewmember shall not be rostered for duty on more than four
nights in any seven consecutive nights, where the duty period involves 'late
night' operations.
5.2 Extension of Flying Duty Period by Split Duty
5.2.1 A duty period which contains a rest period of four consecutive hours
or more at suitable sleeping accommodation may be extended by up to four hours,
with a maximum duty of 16 hours.
5.2.2 A duty period, which contains a rest period of four consecutive hours
or more, at suitable resting accommodation, may be extended by up to two hours.
5.2.3 Where the rest period encompasses any period between the hours 0100 to
0400, the rest period is to be for an uninterrupted period of at least seven
hours, with a maximum duty period of 16 hours.
5.2.4 The duty period after a rest period, that is part of a split duty, shall
not exceed six hours.
5.3 Extension of Duty Period
5.3.1 A duty period already commenced may be extended by up to two hours, when
it is operationally necessary in order to complete the objective of the duty
and the flight member considers him/herself mentally and physically fit for
the extension. No such an extension shall result in a duty period exceeding
16 hours.
5.3.2 The number of duty periods extended under 5.3.1 shall not exceed 10 percent
of the operator's total number of duty periods in any 28 days. No extension
of duty period shall result in the limits of 5.1.1 or 5.1.2 being exceeded.
5.3.3 Where a duty period is extended under 5.3.1, the flight crewmember shall
submit a report as specified in Section 3, para 3.5.
5.4 Extension of Duty Period for Positioning
5.4.1 At the completion of rostered flight deck duties, a duty period may be
extended at the flight member's discretion to allow deadhead positioning to
a suitable destination. The time spent in positioning shall be considered duty
time for the purpose of determining subsequent time free of duty requirements
and cumulative duty as per para 5.9.
5.5 Standby
5.5.1 The maximum allowable continuous time on standby is 16 hours.
5.5.2 Standby may be undertaken either at home or at suitable sleeping accommodation.
5.5.3 The maximum allowable duty period following call out from standby is
to be decreased by the number of hours that the standby time exceeds 12 hours.
5.5.4 A standby completed in which call out does not occur is to be followed
by a time free of all duty of at least 10 hours.
5.6 Time Free of Duty
5.6.1 Subject to the provisions below, the time free of duty shall be a minimum
of 10 consecutive hours. The time free of duty shall be increased by one hour
for every hour or part of an hour that the preceding duty period exceeds 10
hours.
5.6.2 Where the preceding duty period does not exceed 10 hours and the time
free of duty includes the hours between 2200 to 0600 local time, the time free
of duty may be reduced to nine consecutive hours.
5.6.3 Where a duty period exceeds 12 hours, the time free of duty may be reduced
to 12 hours provided that the subsequent time free of duty is at least 36 hours.
5.6.4 A standby completed in which a call out does not occur is to be followed
by a time free of duty of at least 10 hours.
5.6.5 In any consecutive 14 nights, a flight crewmember shall have:
(a) two periods free of all duty, each of which is a minimum of 36 consecutive hours duration and comprising two local nights; and
(b) in any consecutive 8 nights, flight crew must have one period free of all duty, which is a minimum of 36 hours duration; with the above periods to start no later than 2200 hours and finishing not earlier than 0500 hours local time.
5.7 Maximum Flight time
5.7.1 The maximum flight time in any duty period will be:
- 8 hours for Instrument Flight Rules and Night Visual Flight Rules; and
- 10 hours for day Visual Flight Rules.
5.8 Cumulative Limit on Flying Hours
5.8.1 The total flight time accrued in any consecutive 28 days shall not exceed
90 hours.
5.8.2 The total flight time accrued under this Part during any consecutive
365 day period shall not exceed 1000 hours.
5.9 Limit on Cumulative Duty Time
5.9.1 Where there are more than two duty periods involving ' late night' operations
in any seven consecutive nights, the cumulative duty period in that seven night
period shall not exceed 40 hours.
5.9.2 The cumulative duty period in any consecutive 14 days shall not exceed
90 hours.