Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance AircraftSubpart 2 : Operations Personnel RequirementsDivision Three : Flight time and duty limitations93.02.13 Flight time and duty period scheme |
| (1) | A CAO shall establish a flight and duty scheme that should be published in its operations manual. |
| (2) | Flight and duty scheme referred to in subregulation ( 1) shall comply with flight time and duty period limitations. rest periods and days free of duty. prescribed in Document SA-CATS 93. |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subregulation (2), the Director may, subject to the provisions of Regulation 93.02.14, approve a flight and duty scheme consisting of a system of flight time and duty period limitations, rest periods and days free of duty proposed by an operator where the Director is of the opinion that an equivalent level of safety will be achieved. |
| (4) | A CAO may not assign a flight crew member if such assignment will not be in compliance with the provisions of flight and duty scheme referred to in subregulation (1). |
| (5) | A flight crew member may not accept a flight assignment when he or she knows or has been made aware that such flight assignment will cause him or her to exceed a flight and duty scheme applicable to that flight or if he or she is suffering from or, is likely to suffer from fatigue which may endanger a safety of an aircraft or its flight crew members and passengers. |
| (6) | Where a flight crew member is aware of any reason they would be in violation of a flight and duty scheme referred to in subregulation (2), that crew member shall. without delay, inform appropriate management personnel, a duty crew scheduler of an operator or a person responsible for operational control over that flight. |
| (7) | Where any flight crew member is aware of any reason they would be in violation of flight and duty scheme referred to in subregulation (3), that crew member shall, without delay, inform a PIC. |
| (8) | A PIC shall be responsible to ensure compliance with a flight and duty scheme referred to in subregulation (3). |