Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433)

700.60 (1) Despite section 700.28, if the air operator assigns for a flight the number of additional flight crew members set out in column 2 of the table to this subsection and provides, for each additional member, the corresponding rest facility set out in column 3, the maximum flight duty period is the period set out in column 1.

(2) The maximum flight duty period set out in subsection (1) applies only to a flight duty period during which there are three or fewer flights if

• (a) for a flight duty period during which there is one flight, all flight crew members are provided with in-flight rest in a rest facility; and

• (b) for a flight duty period during which there are two or three flights,

  • (i) the flight crew member who will be at the controls for the final landing is provided with two consecutive hours of in-flight rest in a rest facility; and

  • (ii) all other flight crew members are provided with 90 consecutive minutes of in-flight rest in a rest facility.

(3) A flight crew member’s flight duty period shall include all of the time spent in the rest facility.

(4) The flight duty period for all flight crew members shall begin and end at the same location. However, for a period during which there is more than one flight and the first flight is scheduled to be less than 105 minutes long, an air operator may assign additional flight crew members to join a flight after the first flight, but all flight crew members shall end their flight duty period at the same location.

(5) At least one additional flight crew member shall be on the flight deck during all take-offs and landings, other than for the first flight, if additional flight crew members join the flight after the first flight in the case referred to in subsection (4).

(6) In-flight rest shall occur between the time at which the aircraft reaches 3 048 m (10,000 feet) above aerodrome elevation and 15 minutes before the scheduled beginning of the descent.

(7) If a flight duty period has been extended, an air operator shall provide each flight crew member with a rest period that is the longer of

• (a) the duration of the duty period just completed, and

• (b) 14 hours in suitable accommodation, or 16 hours when the member’s duty period ends at home base.