*This report is for the Aviation Division within the Department of Administration.
The operations of the Aviation Division are regulated by Part 91 of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, as a small private air operation. Part 91 has no restrictions on continuous flight time or duty time for pilots operating private flights. However, as a safety precaution, the Aviation Division has adopted an operations manual that mirrors the requirements of Part 135, charter flight operations, for purposes of continuous flight time and continuous duty time limitations for pilots. The Aviation Division limits a one-pilot crew to 8 hours of continuous flight time, and a two-pilot crew to 10 hours of continuous flight time. And limits total duty time (on-duty time before a rest period) to 14 hours for all pilots, consistent with the FAA regulations for charter flights. Thus, the Aviation Division’s operations manual guideline, 3-17 Crew Scheduling/Flight and Duty Time, is more stringent that the federal counterpart, which is silent as to flight time and duty time limitations on pilots.