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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 128 : Helicopter Aerial Work and Certain Other Air Service Operations

Subpart 2 : Operations Personnel Requirements

Division One : Minimum Crew Requirements

128.02.1 Composition of crew
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(1)The minimum number and composition of the flight crew of a helicopter operated under this Part shall not be less than the minimum number and composition specified in the aircraft flight manual referred to in regulation 128.04.3.

 

(2)An operator shall allocate additional crew members when this is required by the type of operation, and the number of such additional crew members shall not be less than the number specified in the operations manual referred to in regulation 128.04.2.

 

(3)The operator shall not assign and no person shall act as a flight crew member on a helicopter type or variant unless the flight crew member meets the qualification requirements specified in regulation 128.02.2.

 

(4)The crew shall include at least one member who holds a valid radiotelephony operator licence or equivalent document issued by an appropriate authority, authorising such member to operate the type of radio transmitting equipment to be used.

 

(5)A helicopter may be operated under this Part by a single pilot, provided that the requirements, referred to in Document SA-CATS 128, are complied with. Provided further that, if the requirements referred to in Document SA-CATS 128 are not complied with, the minimum flight crew shall be two pilots.

 

(6)The operator shall designate one pilot among the flight crew as pilot-in-command and the pilot-in-command may delegate the conduct of the flight to another suitably qualified pilot.

 

(7)An operator shall not assign a person, and no person may accept any assignment, to act as a flight crew member of any helicopter operated under this Part unless such person meets the requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 128.

[Regulation 128.02.1(7) substituted by regulation 34(b) of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 15 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]

 

(8)The operator shall publish procedures in its operations manual to ensure flight crew members who do not meet the requirements specified in subregulation (7) are not assigned to flight duty.