myassisgrass
4th May 2011, 03:56
Does anyone know what the FTDT (or Fatigue Management) rules are for a commercial offshore helicopter operator operating under a Cayman Commercial AOC?
212man
4th May 2011, 04:50
The Cayman Island CAA uses the UK Air Navigation (Overseas Territories) Order which can be found here:
http://www.airsafety.aero/assets/uploads/files/ANOTO_Consolidated_ARTICLES_v1.pdf
The relevant Articles are fairly generic in their content but key point is the Operator should establish a fatigue management scheme (which the CAA would approve,) So, it's whatever is in your CHC Ops Manual I guess ;)
The Articles are shown below, with my bolding:
Fatigue of crew - operator’s responsibilities
32. (1) The operator of an aircraft to which this article applies shall not cause or permit that aircraft to make a flight unless—
(a) he has established a scheme or fatigue management programme for
the regulation of flight times for every person flying in that aircraft as a
member of its crew; and
(b) subject to paragraph (4), the scheme or programme is approved by
the Governor; and
(c) either—
(i) the scheme or programme is incorporated in the operations
manual required by either article 66 or article 85; or
(ii) in any case where an operations manual is not required by
either of those articles, the scheme or programme is
incorporated in a document, a copy of which has been made
available to every person flying in that aircraft as a member of
its crew; and
(d) he has taken all such steps as are reasonably practicable to ensure
that the provisions of the scheme or programme will be complied with
in relation to every person flying in that aircraft as a member of its
crew.
(2) The operator of an aircraft to which this article applies shall not cause or
permit any person to fly therein as a member of its crew if he knows or has
reason to believe that the person is suffering from, or, having regard to the
circumstances of the flight to be undertaken, is likely to suffer from, such
fatigue while he is so flying as may endanger the safety of the aircraft or of its occupants.
(3) The operator of an aircraft to which this article applies shall not cause or
permit any person to fly therein as a member of its flight crew unless the
operator has in his possession an accurate and up-to-date record in respect
of that person and in respect of the 28 days immediately preceding the flight
showing—
(a) all his flight times, and
(b) brief particulars of the nature of the functions performed by him in the
course of his flight times.
(4) Paragraph (1)(b) shall not apply to the operator of an aircraft registered in the Territory of the classes or used in the cases identified in article 83(2).
Fatigue of crew - responsibilities of crew
33. (1) A person shall not act as a member of the crew of an aircraft to which this article applies if he knows or suspects that he is suffering from, or, having regard to the circumstances of the flight to be undertaken, is likely to suffer from, such fatigue as may endanger the safety of the aircraft or of its
occupants.
(2) A person shall not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft to which this article applies unless he has ensured that the operator of the aircraft is aware of his flight times during the period of 28 days preceding the flight.
Flight times - responsibilities of flight crew
34. (1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person shall not act as a member of the flight crew of an aircraft registered in the Territory if at the beginning of the flight the aggregate of all his previous flight times—
(a) during the period of 28 consecutive days expiring at the end of the day
on which the flight begins exceeds 100 hours; or
(b) during the period of twelve months expiring at the end of the previous
month exceeds 900 hours.
(2) This article shall not apply to a flight that is—
(a) a private flight in an aircraft of which the maximum total weight does
not exceed 1600 kg; or
(b) a flight which is not for the purpose of commercial air transport and is
not operated by an air transport undertaking where, at the time when
the flight begins, the aggregate of all the flight times of the member of
the flight crew concerned since he was last medically examined and
found fit by a person approved by the Governor for the purpose of
article 25(2) does not exceed 25 hours.
The Operational Regulations for the Cayman Islands are the Overseas Territories Aviation Regulations (OTARs); in this case Subpart K of OTAR 91 and 135. The rules in those Subparts place obligations upon the pilot and the operator.
The relevant rules can be found on the ASSI web site:
http://www.airsafety.aero/assets/uploads/files/OTAR_Parts_91_135_121_v6.pdf
When considering these rules be aware that they are cumulative - i.e. the operator has to apply the elements of both Part 91 and 135.
The actual conditions in the Scheme will be those approved by the Governor of Cayman Islands (approved by the Cayman CAA) when the AOC was issued.
As the OTARs are objective in nature, it is likely that the Scheme will have been based upon guidance produced by another State - which is likely to be the CAA, FAA or TC.
Jim