14 CFR · Part 117
14 CFR § 117.5
Fitness for duty.
Each flightcrew member must report for any flight duty period rested and prepared to perform his or her assigned duties.
No certificate holder may assign and no flightcrew member may accept assignment to a flight duty period if the flightcrew member has reported for a flight duty period too fatigued to safely perform his or her assigned duties.
No certificate holder may permit a flightcrew member to continue a flight duty period if the flightcrew member has reported him or herself too fatigued to continue the assigned flight duty period.
As part of the dispatch or flight release, as applicable, each flightcrew member must affirmatively state he or she is fit for duty prior to commencing flight.
Referenced By
Interpretations of This Section (17)
- Kravit, 2019
- Schnaubelt (Japek Flightcrew Management), 2018
- Putek (Allied Pilots Association Training Committee), 2017
- Schnaubelt, 2017
- Anderson, 2016
- Schnaubelt, 2016
- Schnaubelt (Japek Flightcrew Management), 2015
- White, 2015
- McEldowney, 2015
- Johnstone, 2015
- Wykoff ALPAI, 2015
- Yu (Southwest Airlines Pilots Assoc), 2014
- Wykoff (ALPA), 2014
- Anderson (Teamsters357), 2014
- Tutt, 2014
- Wykoff & Mullen (ALPA), 2014
- Edwards (IslandAir), 2014
Advisory Circulars (3)
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Reflects the eCFR edition current as of September 29, 2026. Retrieved from ecfr.gov on October 16, 2026.
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