Responsibilities of AOC holder for fatigue management
179.—(1)  An AOC holder must ensure that a copy of the approved fatigue risk management programme is distributed to every person —
(a)who is assigned duty as a crew member on a flight of a large aeroplane; or
(b)who is a member of the operational personnel and is concerned with managing the roster and the scheduling of crew members.
(2)  An AOC holder must take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that every person who is assigned duty as a crew member for a flight of a large aeroplane complies with the provisions of the approved fatigue risk management programme.
(3)  An AOC holder must —
(a)prepare and publish duty rosters sufficiently in advance to provide each person who may be assigned duty as a crew member with the opportunity to plan adequate rest;
(b)plan for every flight of a large aeroplane to be completed within the allowable flight duty period taking into account the time necessary for pre‑flight duties, the flight and turn‑around times, and the nature of the operation;
(c)not permit a crew member to operate a large aeroplane if the AOC holder knows or suspects that the crew member is fatigued to the extent that the safety of the flight may be adversely affected;
(d)ensure that every person who may be assigned duty as a flight crew member, a cabin crew member or a member of its operational personnel in charge of crew scheduling and activation —
(i)is trained on the approved fatigue risk management programme; and
(ii)is familiar with the effects of fatigue on safe performance of duties;
(e)when a crew member is away from home base, provide the crew member with suitable accommodation on the ground for rest to allow for effective recovery;
(f)maintain records of flight time, flight duty periods, duty periods, and rest periods for every person who may be assigned duty as a flight crew member or a cabin crew member of a large aeroplane, for the period specified in the Sixth Schedule to the Air Navigation (91 — General Operating Rules) Regulations 2018; and
(g)whenever a pilot‑in‑command exercises a discretion to extend a flight duty period under unforeseen operational circumstances by more than 2 hours, submit a report containing details of the flight involved and the associated circumstances to the Director‑General of Civil Aviation before the end of 30 days after its occurrence.
[S 674/2022 wef 15/08/2022]
[S 769/2018 wef 24/11/2018]