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

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Civil Aviation Regulations, 2011

Part 60 : Flight Simulator Training Devices

Subpart 1 : General

60.01.10 On-going fidelity requirements

 

(1) An operator of a qualified FSTD shall, annually and progressively—
(a) perform all validation tests mentioned in the master QTG for an FSTD;
(b) perform  all functions  and  subjective  tests  within  the  current  and  any planned  training  program, or  an  equivalent  sample approved by the Director; and
(c) ensure that all results for the tests in paragraphs (a) and (b) are dated, marked as "analysed and evaluated" and retained to demonstrate that FSTD standards are being maintained.

 

(2) An  FSTD  operator  shall  establish  a  configuration  management  system   to ensure the continued integrity of equipment and software of an FSTD.

 

(3) An FSTD operator shall maintain an on-going modification program to ensure  that equipment, software and performance of an FSTD accurately simulate an aircraft specified in an FSTD certificate especially if—
(a) there is an aircraft modification that is essential for training, testing and checking; and
(b) there is a modification of an FSTD, including motion and visual systems, which are essential for training, testing and checking, as in the case of data revisions.

 

(4) An FSTD operator shall establish and maintain complete defect logs indicating  each snag and maintenance conducted to  rectify such snag, each signed off by an appropriate FSTD maintenance engineer.

 

(5) An FSTD operator shall conduct daily functionality checking to assure that an FSTD is performing to the level it is qualified for.

 

(6) An FSTD operator shall notify an FSTD user, before the use of FSTD, of any unserviceability that may affect any training, testing or checking sequence specified in  an FSTD certificate.

 

[Regulation 60.01.10 substituted by regulation 10 of Notice No. R.1503, GG45491, dated 16 November 2021 (Twenty-First Amendment of the Civil Aviation Regulations, 2021)]