submission - Independent Pilots Association

Admlnístrator finds necesSary for safety in air Commerce and
national security." 49 U.S.C. S 4410I (a) (5).
The current rules specify flight time limitations and
rest requirements for aír carriers certificated to operate
under part I2L (domestic: subpart Q; flag: subpart R; and
supplemental: subpart s) and part 135 (subpart F). The FAA
has consistentlv interpreted the term rest to mean that a
flight crewmemb'er is free from actual work for the air
carríer or from the present responsibLliLy for work should
the occasion aríse. Thus, the FAA previously has determined
that a flight crewmember on reserve hras not at rest if the
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that the flight crewmember had to be availabfe for the
carrier to notify of a flight assignment-
The FAA| s current rules at L4 cFR S I2L.4'7I set forth
flight time timitations and rest requirements for domestic
operations. Subsections (b) and (c) of this section have
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These sections províde that:
section 72L.477 FLiqht time limitations and test requirements:
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(b) Except as provided in paragraph (c) of this section, no
certif icate hol der conductirlgJþnLestic operations may scheduJe
flight crewmember and no flight crewmember may accept an
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