Canadian Aviation Regulations · SOR/96-433
Augmented Crew & Rest Facilities
Adding one or two extra flight crew members and an on-board rest facility raises the maximum flight duty period to between 14 and 18 hours, for flight duty periods of three flights or fewer.
Applies to 703704705 · in force since December 12, 2020
With an augmented flight crew and an on-board rest facility, the maximum flight duty period comes from this table instead of 700.28 (700.60(1)).
| Maximum flight duty period | Additional flight crew members | Rest facility |
|---|---|---|
| 14 hours | 1 | class 3 |
| 15 hours | 1 | class 1 or class 2 |
| 15.25 hours | 2 | class 3 |
| 16.5 hours | 2 | class 2 |
| 18 hours | 2 | class 1 |
Rest facility classes (AC 700-047 § 4.60):
- Class 1 — a bunk or other horizontal surface, separate from the flight deck and passenger cabin, with temperature and light control and minimal noise.
- Class 2 — a seat allowing a horizontal sleeping position, separated from passengers by a curtain or similar that reduces light and sound, with portable oxygen equipment. (A bunk that isn’t a seat and doesn’t meet class 1 counts as class 2.)
- Class 3 — a seat that reclines at least 40° from vertical, with leg and foot support.
Conditions
The extended FDP applies only to a flight duty period with three or fewer flights, and only if in-flight rest is provided (700.60(2); AC 700-047 § 4.61):
- One flight: all flight crew members get in-flight rest in the rest facility.
- Two or three flights: the crew member who will land the aircraft on the final landing gets two consecutive hours of in-flight rest; every other flight crew member gets 90 consecutive minutes.
Other conditions:
- All time spent in the rest facility counts as flight duty period (700.60(3)).
- The FDP begins and ends at the same location for everyone. Exception: if the first flight is scheduled under 105 minutes, extra crew may join after it — but all end at the same location, and at least one additional crew member is on the flight deck for every take-off and landing after the first (700.60(4),(5)).
- In-flight rest happens between reaching 10,000 ft (3,048 m) above aerodrome elevation and 15 minutes before the scheduled start of descent (700.60(6)).
Rest afterwards
If the FDP was extended under this section, the rest period is the longest of (700.60(7); AC 700-047 § 4.66):
- the duration of the duty period just completed,
- 16 hours if the FDP ends at home base, or
- 14 hours in suitable accommodation.
So an 18-hour augmented FDP requires an 18-hour rest period; a 14-hour one ending at home base requires 16 hours.
Related
- FDP calculator — applies the augmented-crew table
- Maximum Flight Duty Period (700.28)
- Unforeseen operational circumstances (700.63) — bigger UOC extensions are available to augmented crews
- Increased rest — which rule applies
Regulation text — CARs 700.60
Reproduced from the consolidated Canadian Aviation Regulations ( SOR/96-433) on the Justice Laws website. CARs 700.60
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.
TABLE — Maximum Flight Duty Period — Augmented Flight Crew and Rest Facility
| Item | Maximum Flight Duty Period (hours) | Additional Flight Crew Members | Rest Facility |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 1 | class 3 |
| 2 | 15 | 1 | class 1 or class 2 |
| 3 | 15.25 | 2 | class 3 |
| 4 | 16.50 | 2 | class 2 |
| 5 | 18 | 2 | class 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.
What changed in 2018
In plain language
New with the 2018 rules: a structured augmented-crew regime that ties the maximum flight duty period to the number of additional crew and the class of on-board rest facility, with in-flight rest requirements and a longer rest period afterwards.
Paraphrased from Advisory Circular 700-047 .