| (1) |
Duty period shall be complied with in accordance with the operational requirements of Part 141. |
| (2) |
An ATO shall submit a proposed scheme for flight time and duty period and minimum rest period to the Director for approval as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 141. |
| (3) |
A deviation from an approved scheme referred to in subregulation (2) shall be submitted to the Director for approval. |
| (a) |
maintain current flight time and duty period records of flight crew members employed by such ATO; and |
| (b) |
retain flight time and duty period records for a period of 24 calendar months calculated from a date of a last flight of each flight instructor. |
| (5) |
An instructor who is employed by more than one UASOC or ATO or who accumulates flight time outside of his or her employment, shall maintain an accurate record of flight time and duty period and provide a copy to entities by whom such flight crew member is employed. |
| (6) |
An ATO may not allow an RPC instructor to exceed the maximum flight times of— |
| (a) |
3 hours, during any duty period; |
| (b) |
16 hours, during the preceding seven days; |
| (c) |
50 hours, during the preceding thirty days; |
| (d) |
150 hours, during the preceding 90 days; or |
| (e) |
500 hours, during the preceding 365 days. |
| (7) |
If an RPC instructor anticipates his or her projected cumulative flight hours for a particular operation to exceed an appropriate limit, such RPC instructor shall inform an ATO accordingly. |
| (8) |
An RPC instructor shall— |
| (a) |
not work more than seven consecutive days between days off; |
| (b) |
have two consecutive days off in any consecutive 14 days; |
| (c) |
have a minimum of six days off in any consecutive four weeks from a main base of operation; and |
| (d) |
have an average of at least eight days off in each consecutive four-week period, averaged over three such periods. |
| (9) |
A trainee at an ATO shall not be required to attend classes of instruction for more than eight hours in any day, or more than six days or 40 hours in any seven-day period. |
[Regulation 71.01.11 inserted by section 7(h) of the Thirty-Third Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2026, Notice No. 7844, GG55226, dated 21 August 2026 and shall come into operation upon Publication in the Government Gazette, save for Part 92, which shall come into operation upon the Proclamation by the President of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 22 of 2021]
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