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

Regulations

Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 127 : Commercial Helicopter Operations: Passengers Cargo and Mail

Subpart 7 : Flight Operations

Division One : General

127.07.10 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.