In Spain, as a member of ICAO (Instrument of Ratification published in BOE No. 55 of 24 February 1947) and of the European Union (Instrument of Ratification published in BOE No 1 of 1 January 1986), the SAFA/SACA Inspections are part of the Rampa Inspection Programmes developed by ICAO from which the European Commission’s SAFA Inspection Programme was derived, after which EASA extended it to air carriers within the EU with SACA inspections.

The main regulations that apply to SANA Inspections are as follows (listed not exhaustive):

a. INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK:

Point CAT.GEN.MPA.100 (b)(4) on crew responsibilities provides that the crew member “shall respect all flight and service time limitations (FTL) and rest requirements applicable to their activities”.

No non-compliance is considered as long as the operator has communicated the schedule to the crew members in sufficient time to enable them to plan their rest (ORO.FTL.110a).

If the crew member is aware of the schedule of their flights (flight activity) or of any other task assigned by the operator (activity, imaginary, bookings...) at least 14 days in advance, they can plan their pre-activity rest.

Please note that:

In accordance with the regulatory point ORO.FTL.105 (8): 
Oh, yeah, yeah. What defines whether late completion is the duty period, thus including post-flight duty.

The rules on flight time limitations and rest periods, as set out in Subpart ORO.FTL, apply to flight and cabin crew members. In addition, in cases of carriage of cargo in the passenger cabin, it is also required to be applied to cargo surveillance personnel in flight.

However, there is no specific similar legislation applicable to land workers, the labour regulations and collective agreements being applicable.

The crew responsible for supervising the cargo shall be considered cabin crew and shall therefore respect and follow flight time limitations as they act as responsible for monitoring the cargo status and reacting in case of an emergency.