Maximum flying duty periods for pilots and flight engineers

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 44 of this Order a person shall not fly in an aircraft to which this Article applies as a pilot or flight engineer thereof in the course of any duty period of that person after more than the specified time has elapsed since the beginning of that duty period. 374 Civil Aviation (2) In paragraph (1) of this Article the expression “the specified time” means– (a) in relation to a person who flies in an aircraft as the only pilot thereof, 12 hours, provided that if before the commencement of that flight and during the duty period in the course of which he makes that flight, there has been a period of not less than seven continuous hours throughout which that person has not flown in any aircraft, the forgoing provisions of this sub-paragraph shall have effect in relation to that flight as if 14 hours were substituted therein for 12 hours; (b) in relation to a person who flies as a pilot of an aircraft in which two or more persons are carried as pilots thereof, 16 hours, provided that the forgoing provisions of this sub-paragraph shall have effect in relation to that flight as if 24 hours were substituted therein for 16 hours if three or more persons are carried in the aircraft as pilots thereof and the following conditions are fulfilled– (i) at least two of the pilots are duly qualified by their respective licences to act as a commander of the aircraft for the purposes of that flight; (ii) at least one of the pilots is carried in addition to those members of the flight crew who are required to be carried in the circumstances of the flight by or under this Order; (iii) suitable facilities for sleeping are available for the use of at least one of the pilots at all times throughout the flight; and Civil Aviation 375 (iv) each of the pilots has, during the duty period in the course of which that flight is made and before the end of that flight, been afforded opportunities of resting for a reasonable time; (c) in relation to a person who flies as a flight engineer of an aircraft, 16 hours, provided that the forgoing provisions of this sub-paragraph shall have effect in relation to that flight as if 24 hours were substituted therein for 16 hours if two or more persons are carried in the aircraft as flight engineers thereof and the following conditions are fulfilled– (i) at least one of the flight engineers is carried in addition to the members of the flight crew who are required to be carried in the circumstances of the flight by or under this Order; (ii) suitable facilities for sleeping are available for the use of at least one of the flight engineers at all times throughout the flight; and (iii) each of the flight engineers has, during the duty period in the course of which that flight is made and before the end of that flight, been afforded opportunities of resting for a reasonable time.