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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and Mail

Subpart 2 : Flight Crew

Division One : Minimum Crew Requirements

127.02.6 Flight and cabin crew member emergency duties
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(1)An operator Operating in terms of regulation 127.01.1, and, where appropriate, the pilot-in-command, shall assign to each flight and cabin crew member, as applicable, the necessary functions to be performed in an emergency or a situation requiring emergency evacuation,; and the operator shall establish emergency evacuation procedures based on such assignment.

 

(2)The functions referred to in subregulation (1) shall be such as to ensure that any reasonably anticipated emergency can be adequately dealt with and shall take into consideration the possible incapacitation of individual flight and cabin crew members.

 

(3)With respect to the emergency evacuation procedures required by subregulation (1)—
(a)the operator shall prove to the satisfaction of the Director that the procedures to accomplish the evacuation have been adopted and are adequate; and
(b)the procedures shall be demonstrated by the operator's flight and cabin crew members and carried out in accordance with the requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 127.

 

(4)The operator shall carry out an the emergency evacuation demonstration referred to in subregulation (3)(b) when a new type or variant of helicopter or new configuration of an existing helicopter is introduced for use and for any helicopter type which has not been certified under a certification process acceptable to the Director.

 

(5)The emergency evacuation procedures referred to in subregulation (1) shall be contained in the operator's operations manual, referred to in regulation 127.04.2, and shall form part of the operator's emergency training programme.

 

(6)A flight or cabin crew member shall not accept an assignment of emergency functions unless such flight or cabin crew member has been trained to perform emergency functions in accordance with the requirements prescribed in Subpart 3.