S.L. 499.9 Art. 54Fatigue of crew - operator’s responsibilities.

(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 for regulation of flight times, duty times, flight duty periods and rest periods for every person flying in that aircraft as a member of its crew; and

(b) the scheme is approved by the Director General subject to such conditions as he thinks fit; and

(c) (i) either the scheme is incorporated in the operations manual required by article 24;

(ii) or in a case where an operations manual is not required by the article, the scheme 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 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 that 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 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 twenty-eight days immediately preceding the flight showing -

(a) all his flight times, duty times, flight duty periods and rest periods; and

(b) brief particulars of the nature of the functions performed by him in the course of his flight times.

(4) The record referred to in subarticle (3) shall, subject to the provisions of article 59, be preserved by the operator of the aircraft until a date fifteen months after the flight referred to in that subarticle.