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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 121 : Air Transport Operations

Carriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or Cargo

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division Two : Dispatch and flight release rules

121.07.27 Reduced vertical separation minima - aeroplane monitoring

 

(1) An air service operator shall not operate in RVSM  airs pace unless such operator—
(a) is authorised to do so by means of an RVSM specific approval; and
(b) complies with the requirements prescribed in regulation 91.04.31.

 

(2) An air service operator authorised  to operate in RVSM airs pace shall ensure that a minimum of two aircraft of each aircraft type in  its fleet have  their height-keeping  performance monitored at least once every two years or at least within intervals of 1 000 flight hours per aircraft, whichever period is longer: Provided that, if an  operator's aircraft fleet consists of a single aircraft, monitoring  of  that aircraft  shall be accomplished within a    period specified in such aircraft documentation.

 

(3) The height-keeping performance monitoring requirements specified in subregulation (2) may be met using data obtained from any  air traffic services regional monitoring programme.

 

[Regulation 121.07.27 substituted by regulation 10 of Notice No. R. 3169, GG 48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Fifth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]