Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and MailSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision One : General127.07.10 Fuel policy |
| (1) | The operator shall establish a fuel policy for the purpose of flight planning and in-flight re-planning 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 only based upon— |
| (a) | procedures, tables or graphs which are contained in or derived from the operations manual referred to in regulation 127.04.2, or current helicopter specific data; |
| (b) | the operating conditions under which the flight is to be conducted including— |
| (i) | realistic helicopter fuel consumption data; |
| (ii) | anticipated masses; |
| (iii) | expected meteorological conditions; |
| (iv) | air traffic service procedures and restrictions; |
| (v) | for IFR flight, one instrument approach at the destination aerodrome, including a missed approach; |
| (vi) | the procedures prescribed in the operations manual for failure of one power-unit while en route; and |
| (vii) | any other conditions that may delay the landing of the helicopter or increase fuel consumption. |
| (3) | The operator shall ensure that the calculation of usable fuel required by such helicopter for a flight meets the requirements specified in Document SA-CATS 127 and includes— |
| (a) | taxi fuel; |
| (b) | trip fuel; |
| (c) | reserve fuel consisting of— |
| (i) | contingency fuel 127; |
| (ii) | alternate fuel, if a destination alternate aerodrome is required; |
| (iii) | final reserve fuel; |
| (iv) | additional fuel, if required by the type of operation; and |
| (d) | extra fuel, if required by the pilot-in-command. |
| (4) | The operator shall ensure that in-flight re-planning procedures for calculating usable fuel required when a flight has to proceed along a route or to a destination aerodrome other than originally planned includes— |
| (a) | trip fuel for the remainder of the flight; |
| (b) | reserve fuel consisting of— |
| (i) | contingency fuel; |
| (ii) | alternate fuel, if a destination alternate aerodrome is required, including selection of the departure aerodrome as the destination alternate aerodrome; |
| (iii) | final reserve fuel; and |
| (iv) | additional fuel, if required by the type of operation; and |
| (c) | extra fuel, if required by the pilot-in-command. |