| (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: |
| (b) | operational credits as specified in Document SA-CATS 127; |
| (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)]
