S.L. 499.9 Art. 56Flight times, duty times, flight duty periods and rest periods - responsibilities of crew.

(1) A person shall not act as a member of the crew of an aircraft registered in Malta if at the beginning of the flight the aggregate of all his previous flight times is as follows:

(a) during the period of twenty-eight consecutive days expiring at the end of the day on which the flight begins exceeds one hundred hours for flight crew or one hundred and fifteen hours for cabin crew; or

(b) during the period of twelve months expiring at the end of the previous month exceeds nine hundred hours:

Provided that this article shall not apply to a flight made:

(i) in an aircraft of which the maximum take-off mass does not exceed 1,600 kg and which is not flying for the purpose of public transport or aerial work; or

(ii) in an aircraft not flying for the purpose of public transport nor operated by an air transport undertaking if at the time when the flight begins the aggregate of all the flight times of aforesaid person since he was last medically examined and found fit by a person approved by the Director General for the purpose of article 19(7) does not exceed twenty-five hours.

(2) A person shall not act as a crew member of an aircraft to which this article applies if the aggregate of his duty time exceeds 2000 hours in an interval of twelve consecutive months.