Civil Aviation Act, 2009 (Act No. 13 of 2009)RegulationsCivil Aviation Regulations, 2011Part 93 : Corporate Aviation Operations and High Performance AircraftSubpart 7 : Flight OperationsDivision One : General93.07.2 Routes and areas of operation and aerodrome facilities for helicopters |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), a person operating a helicopter in terms of this Part shall ensure that such operation is only conducted along such routes for which— |
| (a) | it has been ascertained by every reasonable means available that ground facilities and services, including meteorological services, are available as required for a safe operation of a helicopter and protection of passengers, are adequate for a type of operation being conducted and are functioning normally for their intended purpose; and |
| (b) | appropriate maps and charts are available. |
| (2) | A CAO who is unable to comply with the provisions of subregulation (1) shall establish procedures in its operations manual that will ensure an operation will be safely conducted, and such procedures shall, in an event that rescue firefighting services at an aerodrome that may be used are or may be below that for which an aerodrome is certified, include risk assessment as Prescribed in Part 140. |
| (3) | A CAO shall ensure that— |
| (a) | flights are only conducted within such areas and along such routes and in accordance with such conditions for which approval or authorisation has been obtained from appropriate authority as required; |
| (b) | performance of a helicopter intended to be used, is adequate to comply with minimum flight altitude requirements; and |
| (c) | equipment of a helicopter intended to be used, complies with minimum requirements for a planned operation. |
| (4) | A CAO shall report without delay to a responsible authority any observed operational inadequacy of facilities referred to in subregulation (1). |
| (5) | Prior to conducting a passenger-carrying IFR or night VFR flight in uncontrolled airspace, an operator shall ensure that a navigational capability is able to be maintained while operating on any route used in such airspace. |
| (6) | For offshore operations as referred to in regulation 93.07.25, an operator shall select suitable offshore alternates and specify each in the OFP for each IFR flight as provided in Document SA-CATS 93. |
| (7) | A CAO may only permit a commencement of a flight to be conducted in accordance with IFR for which one or more destination alternate aerodromes are required, only if aerodrome meteorological forecast indicates that conditions for a period of at least one hour before until one hour after estimated time of arrival at both destination and alternate aerodrome will meet or exceed those prescribed in Document SA-CATS 93. |
| (8) | A PIC may not commence a flight to be conducted in accordance with IFR for which one or more destination alternate aerodromes are required, unless if aerodrome meteorological forecast indicates that conditions for a period of at least one hour before until one hour after estimated time of arrival at both destination and alternate aerodrome will meet or exceed those prescribed in Document SA-CATS 93. |