Operational certification and supervision
The air operator certificate
An operator shall not engage in commercial air transport operations unless in possession of a valid air operator certificate or equivalent document issued by the State of the operator.
The air operator certificate or equivalent document shall authorize the operator to conduct commercial air transport operations in accordance with such conditions and limitations as may be specified.
The issue of an air operator certificate or equivalent document by the State of the operator shall be dependent upon the operator demonstrating an adequate organization, method of control and supervision of flight operations, training programmer and maintenance arrangements consistent with the nature and extent of the operations specified.
Composition of the flight crew.
The number and composition of the flight crew shall not be less than specified in the operations manual. The flight crew shall include flight crew members in addition to the minimum numbers specified in the certificate of airworthiness of the aero plan or the aero plane flight manual or other documents associated with the certificate of airworthiness, when necessitated by consideration related to the type of aero plane used, the type of operation involved and the duration of flight between points where flight crew are changed.
Radio Operator
The flight crew shall include at least one member who holds a valid license, issued or rendered valid by the State of
Flight engineer
When a separate flight engineer’s station is incorporated in the design of an aeroplane, the flight crew shall include at least one flight engineer especially assigned to that station, unless the duties associated with that station can be satisfactorily performed by another flight crew member, holding a flight engineer license, without interference with regular duties.
Flight navigator
The flight crew shall include at least one member who holds a flight navigator license in all operations where, as determined by the State of the Operator, navigation necessary for the safe conduct of the flight cannot be adequately accomplished by the pilots from the pilot station.
Assignment of emergency duties
An operator shall establish, to the satisfaction of the state of the Operator. The minimum number of cabin attendants required for each type of aeroplane, based on seating capacity or the number of passengers carried, in order to affect a safe and functions to be performed in an emergency or a situation requiring emergency evacuation. The operator shall assign these function for each type of earoplane.
Cabin attendants at emergency evacuation stations
Each cabin attendant assigned to emergency evacuation duties shall occupy a seat provided in accordance with 6.16 during take – off and landing and whenever the pilot – in command so directs.
Protection of cabin attendants during flight.
Each cabin attendant shall be seated with seat belt or, when provided, safety harness fastened during take – off and landing and whenever the pilot-in-command so directs.
Note – The foregoing does not preclude the pilot-in-command from directing the fastening of seat belt only, at times other that during take-off and landing