Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance AircraftSubpart 4 : Documentation and Records93.04.2 Operations manual |
| (1) | A CAO shall prepare an operations manual containing all the information required under this part and setting out the manner in which it will conduct its operation. |
| (2) | A CAO shall ensure that an operations manual prepared in terms of subregulation (1) can be easily amended and— |
| (a) | all parts thereof are consistent and compatible with any condition contained in its CAOC; |
| (b) | contains an amendment control page and a list of effective pages that are in effect showing an effective date for each page; and |
| (c) | has a date of last amendment to each page specified on that page that agrees with a list of effective pages. |
| (3) | A CAO shall submit the operations manual in duplicate to the Director for approval. |
| (4) | If the Director is satisfied that a CAO will comply with prescribed requirements, the Director shall certify in writing on both copies of an operations manual that such manual has been approved and shall return one copy of an approved operations manual to an operator concerned. |
| (5) | A CAO shall amend its operations manual— |
| (a) | where there is a change in any aspect of an operation; |
| (b) | where an operations manual no longer meets the requirements of these regulations or associated technical standards; or |
| (c) | when so required by the Director. |
| (6) | A CAO shall submit an amendment to its operations manual in duplicate to the Director for approval in accordance with subregulation (4). |
| (7) | A CAO shall at all times operate its aircraft in accordance with an approved operations manual or an approved amendment thereto. |
| (8) | A CAO shall ensure that— |
| (a) | all operations personnel are able to understand a technical language used in an operations manual; |
| (b) | all personnel are properly instructed in their particular duties and responsibilities and relationship of such duties to an operation as a whole; |
| (c) | every flight is conducted in accordance with an operations manual and that those parts of an operations manual which are required for the conduct of a flight are easily accessible to crew members on board during flight time; |
| (d) | an operations manual is available for the use and guidance of operations personnel; |
| (e) | controlled copies of relevant sections of operations manual are made available on board an aircraft for use of crew members; |
| (f) | each manual holder is provided with copies of all amendments after approval by the Director and such manual holder shall insert amendments issued to him or her prior to their next flight assignment; and |
| (g) | an operations manual is kept in a safe place. |
| (9) | A structure and contents of an operations manual referred to in subregulation (1) shall be as prescribed in Document SA-CATS 93. |