Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 121 : Air Transport OperationsCarriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or CargoSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision Two : Dispatch and flight release rules121.07.27 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)]