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 7 : Flight Operations

Division One : General

128.07.15 Operations with head-up displays, vision systems or night vision goggles

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(1)No air service operator shall, where aeroplanes are equipped, use automatic landing systems, HUD or equivalent displays, EVS, NVG, SVS or CVS or any combination of those systems into a hybrid system for the safe operation of a helicopter, unless—
(a)the operator is authorised to do so in its operations specifications;
(b)the operator complies with the automatic landing systems, an HUD or equivalent displays, EVS, SVS or CVS as applicable and the requirements prescribed in Document SA-CATS 128;
(c)the equipment meets the appropriate airworthiness certification requirements; and
(d)the operator has carried out a safety risk assessment of the operations supported by the automatic landing systems, an HUD or equivalent display, EVS, SVS or CVS.

 

(2)An air service operator shall include suitable operational procedures for use of such equipment in the operations manual referred to in regulation 128.04.2, which shall cover at least the following—
(a)limitations;
(b)operational credits as specified in Document SA-CATS 128;
(c)flight planning;
(d)ground and airborne operations;
(e)crew resource management;
(f)standard operating procedures; and
(g)ATS flight plans and communication.

 

[Regulation 128.07.15 substituted by regulation 23 of Notice No. R. 409, GG 40831, dated 5 May 2017 (Fifteenth Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2017)]