Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
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Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 121 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or CargoSubpart 2 : Operations Personnel RequirementsDivision Three : Flight time and duty limitations121.02.13 Flight time and duty period scheme |
| (1) | An air service operator shall— |
| (a) | establish a scheme for the regulation of flight time and duty periods, rest periods and days free of duty as applicable, for each flight crew member, cabin crew member and flight operations officer that— |
| (i) | complies with the flight time and duty period limitations, rest periods and days free of duty, prescribed in Document SA-CATS 121; or |
| (ii) | a system of flight time and duty period limitations, rest periods and days free of duty proposed by the operator where the Director is of the opinion that an equivalent level of safety may be achieved by the operator's proposed scheme; and |
| (b) | publish the scheme referred to in subregulation (1)(a) in the operations manual referred to in regulation 121.04.2. |
| (2) | The operator shall not assign and no crew member shall accept an assignment if such assignment is not in compliance with the provisions of the scheme referred to in subregulation (1)(a) or if— |
| (a) | the operator or crew member knows or has been made aware that such flight assignment will cause the crew member to exceed the flight time and duty periods referred to in subregulation (1)(a) while on flight duty; or |
| (b) | the crew member is suffering from or, having regard to the circumstances of the flight to be undertaken, is likely to suffer from fatigue which may endanger the safety of the aeroplane or its crew members and passengers. |
| (3) | The operator shall not schedule a flight crew member for active flight duty for a period exceeding eight consecutive hours during any given flight time and duty period unless authorised in the scheme referred to in subregulation (1)(a). |
| (4) | Where any flight crew member, cabin crew member or flight operations officer is aware of any reason they would be in violation of the scheme referred to in subregulation (1)(a), that person shall, without delay, inform the operator. For the purposes of this regulation, the operator shall be taken to mean— |
| (a) | the appropriate management personnel if time permits; |
| (b) | the duty crew scheduler of the operator; or |
| (c) | the duty person responsible for operational control over the flight; and |
| (d) | in the case of a cabin crew member, the PIC or such cabin crew member's immediate supervisor. |
| (5) | The provisions to be included in a flight time and duty scheme referred to in subregulation (1) shall be as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 121. |
