---
kind: "section"
citation: "14 C.F.R. § 437.51"
title: "14"
number: "437.51"
heading: "Rest rules for vehicle safety operations personnel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/14/437.51"
---

# §437.51. Rest rules for vehicle safety operations personnel.


A permittee must ensure that all vehicle safety operations personnel adhere to the work and rest standards in this section during permitted activities.

- (a) No vehicle safety operations personnel may work more than:
  - (1) 12 consecutive hours,
  - (2) 60 hours in the 7 days preceding a permitted activity, or
  - (3) 14 consecutive work days.
- (b) All vehicle safety operations personnel must have at least 8 hours of rest after 12 hours of work.
- (c) All vehicle safety operations personnel must receive a minimum 48-hour rest period after 5 consecutive days of 12-hour shifts.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 51 U.S.C. 50901-50923.

### Source

Source: Docket No. FAA-2006-24197, 72 FR 17019, Apr. 6, 2007, unless otherwise noted.