RAF Crew Duty Policy
The following maximum operating periods are established for safe flight and ground support operations:
| Maximum flight operations - any 24-hour period*: | 10 flight hours |
| Maximum flight operations - any consecutive 7 days*: | 40 flight hours or 60 duty hours |
| Maximum flight operations - any 30-day period*: | 120 flight hours |
| Maximum consecutive working days | 6 days |
| Maximum crew duty day | 14 hours |
| Normal duty day | 8 hours |
| Minimum crew rest period | 12 consecutive hours |
| Maxium consecutive days over 10 hours, not to exceed | 2 days |
| Time required to change over from day to nighttime** operations, or from nighttime to day | 36 hours*** |
| Maximum takeoff time shift during night operations, from the previous night's take-off | 3 hours |
* Above limits may be exceeded for ferry purposes at Pilot In Command (PIC) discretion.
** Night operations are those when the flight lands after midnight or the staff show time for work is 5 AM or earlier, local time.
*** No reporting for duty; may not occur on a hard down day; no flight planning for the pilots may occur on the changeover day.
The PIC will always have the option of calling a no-flight day when consecutive flights are scheduled and crew fatigue is a factor.
The crew duty limits apply to flight crew and all RAF staff in the field. Exceptions to non-flight critical duty limits may be allowed by field project managers on a case by case basis and must be reported to RAF Manager.