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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and Mail

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division One : General

127.07.18 Operations with head-up displays, vision systems or night vision goggles

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(1) An air service operator shall not use automatic landing systems, HUD or equivalent displays, EVS, NVG, SVS, CVS, or any combination of those systems into a hybrid system for operating a helicopter, unless—
(a) such operator is authorised to do so in its operations specifications;
(b) such operator complies with the automatic landing systems, HUD or equivalent displays, EVS, SVS, or CVS as applicable and the requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 127;
(c) such equipment meets the appropriate airworthiness certification requirements; and
(d) such an operator has carried out a safety risk assessment of operation concerned supported by such systems.

 

(2) An air service operator shall include suitable operational procedures for use of equipment referred to in subregulation (1) in its operations manual, which shall cover at least the following:
(a) limitations;
(b) operational credits as specified in Document SA-CATS 127;
(c) flight planning;
(d) ground and airborne operations;
(e) crew resource management;
(f) standard operating procedures; and
(g) ATS flight plans and communication.

 

[Regulation 127.07.18 substituted by regulation 17(f) of Notice No. R. 3170, GG48228, dated 17 March 2023 (Twenty-Sixth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2023)]