Canadian Aviation Regulations

700.29 (1) An air operator shall not assign a flight duty period to a flight crew member, and a flight crew member shall not accept such an assignment, if, as a result, the member’s number of hours of work will exceed

• (a) 2,200 hours in any 365 consecutive days;

• (b) 192 hours in any 28 consecutive days;

• (c) 60 hours in any 7 consecutive days if the air operator has provided the member with the following time free from duty:

  • (i) 1 single day free from duty in any 168 consecutive hours, and

  • (ii) 4 single days free from duty in any 672 consecutive hours; or

• (d) 70 hours in any 7 consecutive days if the air operator has provided 120 consecutive hours free from duty, including 5 consecutive local nights’ rest, in any 504 consecutive hours and if

  • (i) the member is not assigned early duty, late duty or night duty,

  • (ii) the member is not assigned a flight duty period greater than 12 hours, and

  • (iii) the member’s maximum number of hours of work is 24 hours in any consecutive 48 hours.

(2) An air operator who has assigned to a flight crew member a flight duty period that will result in the member’s number of hours of work exceeding those referred to in paragraph (1)(c) shall ensure that the member has 120 consecutive hours free from duty, including 5 consecutive local nights’ rest, before assigning a flight duty period that will result in the member’s number of hours of work exceeding those referred to in that paragraph.

(3) A flight crew member’s hours of work are to include

• (a) in the case of a flight crew member on reserve, 33% of the time that they are in a reserve availability period; and

• (b) in the case of a flight crew member on standby, 100% of the time that they are on standby.