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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 121 : Air Transport Operations - Carriage on Aeroplanes of more than 19 Passengers or Cargo

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division Two : Dispatch and flight release rules

121.07.23 Fuel policy
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(1)An air service operator shall establish a fuel policy that meets the requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 121 for the purpose of flight planning and in-flight replanning to ensure that every flight carries sufficient fuel for the planned operation and reserve fuel to cover deviations from the planned operation.

 

(2)The operator shall ensure that the planning of a flight is based upon—
(a)procedures, tables or graphs which are contained in or derived from current aeroplane-specific data or the operations manual referred to in regulation 121.04.2;
(b)the operating conditions under which the flight is to be conducted, including—
(i)realistic aeroplane fuel consumption data;
(ii)anticipated masses;
(iii)expected meteorological conditions;
(iv)the effects of loss of facilities or services as identified in NOTAMs; and
(v)ATS procedures, restrictions and anticipated delays.

 

(3)The operator shall establish policies and procedures with respect to fuel management and publish such policies and procedures in the operations manual referred to in regulation 121.04.2.

 

(4)The policies and procedures required by subregulation (3) shall, as a minimum, include the requirement that—
(a)in-flight fuel checks are to be performed at least hourly by or on behalf of the PIC to ensure that the amount of usable fuel remaining in flight is not less than the fuel required to proceed to a suitable aerodrome where a safe landing can be made with the planned final reserve fuel remaining; and
(b)the PIC shall declare a situation of urgency when the calculated usable fuel predicted to be available upon landing at the nearest suitable aerodrome where a safe landing can be made is less than the planned final reserve fuel.