Flight crew fatigue risk assessment for international flights under the COVID-19 outbreak response exemption policy

Table 1 Restrictions on crews in the exemption and CCAR-121 policies

Policy	Number of crew members/person	Maximum flight duty period/h	Maximum flight time limit/h	Transit break arrangements
CCAR-121^a	3	16–18	13	Receive a rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours
CCAR-121^a	4	18–20	17	Receive a rest period of at least 10 consecutive hours
Exemption options^b	6	30	26	A ground rest period of at least 3 consecutive hours and in a rest environment that meets the requirements of a Level 2 rest facility, and the rest period is not counted as part of the flight duty period
	6	26	21
	8	35	30
	8	26	21

^a, the CCAR-121 Part expansion flight crew should include at least one person qualified as a captain and one person qualified as a cruise pilot or above. ^b, there should be at least three or more complete flight crews, each of which should consist of at least one qualified captain (including a cruise captain) and one qualified copilot

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