S.I. No. 61/2006 - Irish Aviation Authority (Operations) Order, 2006

• (e) over undeveloped land areas,

shall be provided with radio communications equipment capable of:

• (i) conducting two-way communication for aerodrome or heliport control purposes,

• (ii) receiving meteorological information at any time during flight,

• (iii) conducting two-way communication at any time during the flight with such aeronautical stations, and on such radio frequencies, as may be directed by the Authority,

• (iv) communications on the aeronautical emergency frequency.

• (4) An aircraft operating on a route on which navigation is not or cannot be accomplished under visual flight rules by visual reference to land marks at least every sixty nautical miles, or when operated in accordance with the Instrument Flight Rules, shall be provided with navigation equipment which will enable the aircraft to proceed in accordance with:

• (a) the appropriate flight plan, which in the case of commercial transport aircraft shall be the operational flight plan referred to in Article 31;

• (b) the requirements of the air traffic services;

• (c) the required navigation performance (RNP Type) prescribed by the appropriate authority for the areas and airspace concerned.

• (5)
• (a) An aircraft registered in the State or wherever registered and operated by an operator holding a valid air operator's certificate issued by the Authority shall, in addition to the requirements of paragraph (4) of this Article:

• (i) be provided with navigation equipment which will enable it to be operated in accordance with the prescribed RNP Type(s) for flights in defined portions of airspace or on routes where an RNP Type has been prescribed by the appropriate authority and shall be authorised by the Authority for operation in such airspace,

• (ii) be equipped with navigation equipment which continuously provides indications to the flight crew of adherence to or departure from track to the required degree of accuracy at any point along that track for flights in defined portions of airspace where, based on a Regional Air Navigation Agreement, minimum navigation performance specifications (MNPS) are prescribed by the appropriate authority and shall be authorised by the Authority for MNPS operations in such airspace,

• (iii) be provided with equipment which is capable of:

• indicating to the flight crew the flight level being flown,

• automatically maintaining a selected flight level,

• providing an alert to the flight crew when a deviation occurs above or below the selected flight level by more than 300 ft,

• automatically reporting the pressure altitude of the aircraft for flights in defined portions of airspace where based on a Regional Air Navigation Agreement a Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) of 1000 feet is applied between flight level 290 and flight level 410 inclusive and the aircraft is authorised by the Authority for operation in such airspace;”

• (b) the equipment required by (i), (ii) and (iii) of sub-paragraph (a) shall have a vertical navigation performance capability which satisfies the requirements specified in Appendix 4 to Part I of Annex 6 to the Convention and shall be approved by and installed and maintained in a manner approved by the Authority and shall be subject to appropriate continued airworthiness procedures, practices and programmes in respect of maintenance and repair and the operating procedures for that equipment shall be acceptable to the Authority for operation in RVSM airspace and the equipment itself shall be operated in accordance with those accepted procedures while the aircraft is flying in the defined RVSM portions of airspace concerned.

• (6) On flights in which it is intended to approach to land in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), an aircraft shall be provided with radio equipment capable of receiving signals providing guidance to a point from which a visual landing can be effected. The said equipment shall be capable of providing such guidance at each aerodrome or heliport at which it is intended to land in instrument meteorological conditions and at any designated alternate aerodromes or heliports.

• (7) An aircraft shall be provided with sufficient navigation equipment to ensure that in the event of failure of one item of equipment at any stage of the flight, the equipment remaining will enable the aircraft to proceed in accordance with paragraphs (4) and (5) of this Article.

• (8) The equipment installation in the aircraft shall be such that the failure of any single unit required for either communication or navigation purposes, or both, will not result in the failure of another unit required for communication or navigation purposes.

• (9) When compliance with paragraph (2) of this Article requires that more than one unit of communications equipment be provided, each such unit shall be independent from the other or others to the extent that a failure in any one unit will not result in the failure of any other.

• (10) The requirements of this Article shall be deemed to be fulfilled:

• (a) if the ability to conduct the communications specified therein is established during radio propagation conditions which are normal for the route concerned; and

• (b) if flights are planned and conducted at such altitude as will enable the communications and navigation capabilities specified therein to be effective.

• (11) A commercial transport aircraft shall be equipped with a flight crew interphone system, including headsets and microphones, not of a handheld type, for use by all members of the flight crew. Flight crew members on the flight deck of an aircraft shall be equipped with and shall communicate though boom or throat microphones below the transition level.

Approval of equipment

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PART VII Aircraft Crew

Aircraft Crew Composition and Standards

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• (2) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft shall not assign or continue to assign for duty, as an aircraft crew member on that aircraft, a person who fails to reach standards as specified in the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements and as stated by that operator and acceptable to the Authority in relation to competency in the performance of his or her normal duties and of the functions assigned to him or her in an emergency.

• (3)
• (a) An aircraft shall not fly or attempt to fly unless its flight crew is of the number and description required by the law of the state in which the aircraft is registered;

• (b) In the case of a commercial transport aircraft, the number and description of the flight crew shall be as required by the provisions of the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements and shall be specified in the Operations Manual and in the case of such an aircraft registered in the State, shall be approved by the Authority;

• (c) The operator, or in the case of an aircraft which is not a commercial transport aircraft, the pilot-in-command, shall ensure that the licences of each flight crew member have been issued or rendered valid by the state in which the aircraft is registered, and are properly rated and of current validity and the operator or pilot-in-command, as the case may be, shall be satisfied that the flight crew members have maintained their competency.

• (4) The flight crew carried in an aircraft shall not be less than the number specified in the certificate of airworthiness of the aircraft or the flight manual of the aircraft or other documents acceptable to the Authority as equivalent to the flight manual.

• (5) Whenever the carriage of flight crew members in addition to the minimum number referred to in paragraph (4) of this Article is necessitated by considerations related to the type of aircraft used, the type of operation involved and the duration of the flight between points at which flight crews are changed, the flight crew carried in an aircraft shall include such additional flight crew members as are required and in compliance with the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements.

• (6) An operator shall not operate a commercial transport aircraft without a second pilot if that aircraft has a passenger seating configuration, excluding any pilot seat, of 10 seats or more.

• (7) Where an aircraft is engaged on a flight necessitating the carriage of radio transmitting equipment, the flight crew shall include at least one member who is entitled under the Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Orders, 2000 to 2003 to operate the type of equipment to be used.

• (8) When a separate flight engineer's station is incorporated in the design of the aircraft, the flight crew shall include at least one flight engineer licensed under the Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Orders, 2000 to 2003, and especially assigned to that station, or a flight crew member otherwise approved by the Authority for that purpose.

• (9) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft and the pilot-in-command of an aircraft which is not a public transport aircraft, shall, where that aircraft is equipped with an airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS), ensure that each flight crew member has been appropriately trained to competency in the use of the ACAS equipment and the avoidance of collisions.

Flight Crew Member training programme

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• (1) establish and maintain a programme of ground and flight training to ensure that each flight crew member is adequately trained to perform his or her assigned duties and for this purpose shall provide or arrange for ground and flight training facilities and properly qualified instructors;

• (2) ensure that the training programme consists of ground and flight training in the type or types of aircraft in which the flight crew member serves, and that the training programme includes proper flight crew co-ordination and multi-crew co-operation (MCC) training in all types of emergency or abnormal situations or procedures such as may be caused by power-units, airframe or systems malfunctions, fire, unlawful interference or other abnormal occurrences. The training programme shall also include training in knowledge and skills related to human performance and in crew resources management (CRM) and training in the transport of dangerous goods;

• (3) ensure that the training of each flight crew member includes the imparting of knowledge of the functions for which that flight crew member is responsible and the relationship of these functions to the functions of other flight crew members, in particular those functions relating to abnormal or emergency procedures;

• (4) arrange that the training programme is given on a recurrent basis, and includes an examination of the flight crew members to ensure that the required level of competency is maintained: provided that the recurrent flight training in a particular type of aircraft may be considered to be fulfilled by:

• (a) the use of appropriate and approved synthetic training devices,

or

• (b) the completion within the appropriate period of the proficiency check required by Article 58 (8) of this Order in the aircraft type concerned;

• (5) establish, conduct and maintain a training programme which will enable flight crew members to act in the most appropriate manner to prevent or minimise the consequences of acts of unlawful interference.

Qualifications of Flight Crew

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Recent Experience

• (2)
• (a) A flight crew member, before he or she is assigned to flight duties in a capacity or in a type of aircraft, after a period during which he or she has not acted in that capacity or in that type of aircraft, shall be required to re-establish his or her competency in a manner acceptable to the Authority. The said period shall be in the case of any flight crew member a period greater than 90 days;

• (b) The operator shall not assign a pilot to act as a pilot-in-command or a co-pilot of an aircraft unless, within the preceding 90 days, that pilot has made at least three take-offs and landings on the same type of aircraft or in a synthetic training device approved for the purpose by the Authority.

• (c) The operator shall not assign a co-pilot to serve at the flight controls during take-off and landing unless, on the same type of aircraft within the preceding 90 days, that co-pilot has operated the flight controls, as pilot-in-command or as co-pilot during three take-offs and landings or has otherwise demonstrated competence to act as co-pilot on a synthetic training device approved for the purpose.

Route and Airport or Heliport Familiarisation

• (3) The operator shall not permit a pilot to act as pilot-in-command of an aircraft on a route or portion of a route for which he or she has not been previously qualified unless that pilot has demonstrated to the operator in such manner as the Authority may require:

• (a) that he or she has adequate knowledge of the route to be flown and of the aerodromes or heliports which are to be used, including knowledge of the following matters associated with that route:

• (i) the terrain and the minimum safe altitudes,

• (ii) the seasonal meteorological conditions,

• (iii) the meteorological, communications and air traffic facilities, services and procedures,

• (iv) the search and rescue procedures, and

• (v) the navigational facilities;

• (b) that he or she has adequate knowledge of:

• (i) procedures applicable to flight paths over congested areas, and areas of high air traffic density,

• (ii) obstructions en route and in the vicinity of aerodromes or heliports to be used,

• (iii) the physical layout, lighting, approach aids, and arrival, departure, holding and instrument approach procedures and applicable aerodrome or heliport operating minima relevant to the aerodromes or heliports to be used.

• (4) That portion of the demonstration required pursuant to paragraph (3) of this Article relating to arrival, departure, holding and instrument approach procedures may be accomplished in a synthetic training device which has been approved by the appropriate authority as adequate for the purpose.

• (5) The pilot-in-command shall have made an actual approach into each aerodrome or heliport of landing on the route, either accompanied by a pilot who has qualified for the said aerodrome or heliport, or as a member of the flight crew, or as an observer on the flight deck, unless:

• (a) the approach to the aerodrome or heliport is not over difficult terrain and the instrument approach procedures and aids available to the pilot are similar to those with which he or she is familiar and a margin approved by the Authority has been added to the normal aerodrome or heliport operating minima, or there is reasonable certainty that the approach and landing can be made in visual meteorological conditions (VMC); or

• (b) the descent from the initial approach altitude can be made by day in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) i.e. by day/VFR only; or

• (c) the operator has ensured that the pilot-in-command is qualified to land at the aerodrome or heliport concerned by means of familiarisation with an adequate pictorial presentation; or

• (d) the aerodrome or heliport concerned is adjacent to another aerodrome or heliport at which the pilot-in-command is qualified to land.

• (6) An operator shall keep in a form and manner approved of by the Authority, records of the qualifications under this Article of each pilot-in-command flying for that operator and of the manner in which the qualifications have been achieved.

• (7)
• (a) An operator shall not continue to utilise a pilot as pilot-in-command on a route or within an area specified by the operator and approved by the Authority unless, within the preceding 12 months that pilot has made at least one trip as a pilot member of the flight crew or as a check pilot, or as an observer in the flight crew compartment:

• (i) within that specified area; and

• (ii) if appropriate, on any route where procedures associated with that route or with any aerodrome intended to be used for take-off or landing require the application of special skills or knowledge;

• (b) In the event that more than a period of 12 months elapses during which a pilot-in-command has not made a flight on a route in close proximity to and over similar terrain within such a specified area, route or aerodrome and has not practiced such procedures in a training device which is adequate for the purpose, prior to again serving as pilot-in-command within that area or on that route, that pilot shall be requalified by complying with the qualification provisions of paragraphs (3) and (5) of this Article.

• (8)
• (a) An operator shall ensure, in the case of each pilot flying for that operator, that the competency of the pilot in piloting technique and ability to execute emergency procedures is demonstrated by proficiency checks. Where operations may be conducted under instrument flight rules, the operator shall ensure that the competency of each pilot to comply with such rules is demonstrated either to an examiner authorised by the Authority or to an authorised officer of the Authority;

• (b) Proficiency checks pursuant to subparagraph (a) of this paragraph shall be performed twice within any period of one year. Any two such checks which are similar and which occur within a period of four consecutive months shall not alone satisfy this requirement unless otherwise specified by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements;

• (c) Synthetic Training Devices, if of a type approved by the appropriate authority, may be used for such parts of the proficiency checks as have been expressly approved therefor by the Authority or as permitted by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements.

• (9) The operator of a commercial transport aeroplane shall ensure that for single pilot operations under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) or at night the pilot-in-command is qualified as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements.”

Cabin crew members - required numbers and training

59.

• (1) ensure that the aircraft crew members include the minimum number of cabin crew required for each type of aircraft based on the minimum number of cabin crew used in demonstrating the emergency evacuation of the said type of aircraft and on the seating capacity of the aircraft, in order to carry out a safe and expeditious evacuation of the aircraft and the necessary functions to be performed in an emergency or in a situation requiring emergency evacuation;

• (2) ensure that the number of cabin crew members carried shall be at least one for every fifty (or part of fifty) passengers carried in an aircraft;

• (3) ensure that the cabin crew members shall not be members of the flight crew and shall be provided with seats in the passenger compartment;

• (4) ensure that each cabin crew member is instructed that he or she shall be seated with safety harnesses fastened during take-off or landing and whenever the pilot-in-command so directs;

• (5) Establish and maintain a training programme, approved by the Authority for cabin crew, which shall be completed annually by each cabin crew member who is assigned emergency functions in compliance with paragraph (1) of this Article and which will ensure by examination that each such cabin crew member:

• (a) is competent to execute those safety duties and functions which may be assigned to him or her in the event of an emergency in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Article,

• (b) is drilled and capable in the use of emergency and life-saving equipment required to be carried, including life jackets, life rafts, evacuation slides, emergency exits, portable fire extinguishers, oxygen equipment, first aid kits and pressure breathing equipment (PBE),

• (c) when serving in an aircraft operating above 3,000 metres (10,000 ft), has a knowledge of the effect of lack of oxygen, and, in the case of pressurised aeroplanes, of the physiological phenomena accompanying a loss of pressurisation,

• (d) is given adequate training in the treatment of the effects of decompression and in the recognition and treatment of the effect of lack of oxygen and is examined at least once every year on his or her knowledge of the information imparted during such training,

• (e) is given instruction on survival at sea, in undeveloped territory and in extreme climatic conditions,

• (f) is made aware of other crew members' assignments and functions in the event of an emergency insofar as it is necessary for the fulfilment of his or her own individual duties,

• (g) is aware of the types of dangerous goods which may and may not be carried in a passenger cabin and has completed the operator's dangerous goods training programme as required by the Authority,

• (h) is knowledgeable about human performance as related to passenger cabin safety duties, including flight crew and cabin crew co-ordination.

Flight and cabin crew members, emergency and survival training

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• (a) instruction in the use of all emergency and life-saving equipment required to be carried;

• (b) drills in the emergency evacuation of the aircraft; and

• (c) instruction on survival at sea, in undeveloped territory and in extreme climatic conditions.

• (2) An operator shall establish, conduct and maintain a training programme acceptable to the Authority which:

• (a) enables crew members to act in the most appropriate manner to prevent or minimise the safety consequences of acts of unlawful interference;

• (b) acquaints appropriate employees including crew members with preventive measures and techniques in relation to passengers, baggage, cargo, mail, equipment, stores and supplies intended for carriage on an aircraft so that they may contribute to the prevention of acts of sabotage or other forms of unlawful interference which may hazard the aircraft or its occupants.

PART VIII Aircraft Maintenance

General

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• (b) A reference to an aircraft in this Part of the Order shall be deemed to include a reference to the components, power units, propellers, instruments, equipment, accessories and materials relating to that aircraft.”

• (2) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft and the owner of a private or an aerial work aircraft or, where it is leased, the lessee of that aircraft, to which this Order applies, shall ensure that, in accordance with procedures acceptable to the state of the operator and the state of registry:

• (a) the aircraft in operation is maintained in an airworthy condition;

• (b) the operational and emergency equipment necessary for an intended flight is serviceable and accessible;

• (c) the certificate of airworthiness for the aircraft in operation remains valid;

• (d) the maintenance of the aircraft is performed in accordance with a maintenance programme approved by the Authority or by the state of registry of that aircraft if not registered in the State;

• (e) that an aircraft shall not be operated unless it is maintained and released to service under a system acceptable to the Authority or the state of registry if not registered in the State;

• (f) a maintenance release or a certificate of release to service is issued by an organisation approved for aircraft maintenance by the Authority or a person otherwise qualified in that behalf, as appropriate in accordance with this Article or Article 62 of the Order;

• (g) a maintenance release, or in the case of an aircraft which is not a commercial aircraft, a certificate of release to service, shall contain a certification which includes basic details of the maintenance carried out (including for a commercial aircraft detailed references of the approved data used), the date it was completed, the identity of the approved maintenance organisation (where applicable) and of person or persons signing the release.

• (3) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft, who holds an air operator's certificate issued by the Authority, shall provide sufficient technical personnel and resources to comply with the relevant provisions of the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements and shall appoint a person within the operator's organisation, who is acceptable to the Authority, and in accordance with the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements, who has overall responsibility to ensure that all maintenance required on the operator's aircraft is carried out by a maintenance organisation approved by the Authority under JAR-145 in accordance with the operator's approved maintenance programme and maintenance control manual or, where applicable, a JAR-OPS Subpart M Maintenance Management Exposition, such as to maintain the aircraft in an airworthy condition when in use.

• (4) The registered owner of a commercial transport aircraft registered in the State which is leased to an operator who does not hold an air operator's certificate issued by the Authority but who is authorised as an operator of that aircraft by another ICAO member state, in accordance with the relevant provisions of Annex 6 to the Convention, shall ensure that such arrangements as are agreed with the Authority in respect of the maintenance of such an aircraft are put in place by the operator concerned and shall ensure that it is maintained and released to service by a maintenance organisation approved by the appropriate authority in accordance with the provisions of Annex-6, in order to ensure that all maintenance work, overhauls, repairs, modifications and replacements to or in such aircraft which affect airworthiness are effected as required by, or prescribed under, the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003.

• (5)
• (a) This paragraph shall apply in relation to a commercial transport aircraft only unless otherwise prescribed;

• (b) The operator shall provide for the use and guidance of persons concerned in the maintenance of aircraft, a book which shall be known, and in this Order is referred to, as an operator's maintenance control manual (or a JAR-OPS Subpart M maintenance management exposition) The operator shall also provide a maintenance programme, approved by the state of registry of the aircraft concerned, which shall contain the particulars specified in paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to this Order in respect of the aircraft used or as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements and the design and application of which shall respect human factors principles;

• (c) The operator shall ensure that the maintenance control manual and the maintenance programme are revised or amended, as may be necessary, by reason of any change in any of the matters specified in paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule to this Order, or to comply with the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements, or as may otherwise be necessary in order to ensure that the information in the maintenance control manual and the maintenance programme is the most recent available information or as may be required by the Authority, and that any revisions or amendments made in the maintenance control manual or in the maintenance programme under this paragraph are supplied to all persons to whom the maintenance control manual and the maintenance programme have been issued;

• (d) A copy of the operator's maintenance control manual and the maintenance programme for the time being in use by the operator shall be provided to the Authority and to the state of registry of an aircraft, if different, together with all amendments or revisions to it and incorporating such mandatory material as required by the Authority.

• (6) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft shall ensure that:

• (a) all persons employed by that operator and concerned in the maintenance of such an aircraft are adequately trained in the maintenance methods to be employed, in particular when a new or unfamiliar aircraft is introduced into service;

• (b) each person charged with the responsibilities of certifying as to the airworthiness of an aircraft by a maintenance release or a certificate of release to service is designated by that operator's approved maintenance organisation or otherwise designated by an organisation approved for aircraft maintenance by the Authority in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Order, 2000 and the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003 and in accordance with the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements;

• (c) all modifications and repairs comply with the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003 and that procedures are established to ensure that substantiating data supporting compliance with the airworthiness requirements are recorded and retained;

• (d) a maintenance release is issued in respect of all maintenance work in accordance with Article 18 of the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003;

• (e) maintenance and operational experience and in-service defects with respect to continuing airworthiness of an aircraft type are monitored, assessed with respect to airworthiness and reported in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003 or as prescribed thereunder;

• (f) continuing airworthiness information and recommendations available from the organisation responsible for the type design are obtained and assessed on a routine basis and resulting actions implemented as considered necessary and as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements, according to a procedure acceptable to the Authority.

Responsibilities of Owners and Lessees

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• (a) all maintenance, overhaul, alterations, modifications and repairs which affect airworthiness are performed in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003 and that substantiating data supporting compliance with the airworthiness requirements are recorded and retained;

• (b) maintenance personnel make appropriate entries in the aircraft maintenance records certifying that the aircraft is airworthy;

• (c) a certificate of release to service is signed and issued by a person qualified to do so in accordance with the Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Order 2000 ( S.I. No. 333 of 2000 ) to certify that the maintenance work has been completed satisfactorily in accordance with the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003;

• (d) a person charged with the responsibility of certifying as to the airworthiness of an aircraft by a certificate of release to service is qualified in accordance with the provisions of the Irish Aviation Authority (Personnel Licensing) Orders 2000 to 2003 or directions issued thereunder or is, alternatively, be designated by an organisation approved for the maintenance of that aircraft type by the Authority;

• (e) in the case of an aeroplane with a maximum take-off mass of more than 5,700 kg, or a helicopter of more than 3,180 kg, maintenance and operational experience and in-service defects with respect to continuing airworthiness of an aircraft type are reported in accordance with the requirements of the Irish Aviation Authority (Airworthiness of Aircraft) Orders, 1996 to 2003 or as prescribed thereunder.

Keeping and preservation of logbooks

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• (2) The operator of a commercial transport aircraft and in the case of an aircraft which is not a commercial transport aircraft, the owner, shall ensure that the following records are held in respect of each aircraft in operation for the periods specified or as generally required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements or as otherwise required by paragraph (4) of this Article:

• (a) the total time in service (hours, cycles, calendar time, as appropriate) for each aircraft and all life limited components;

• (b) the current status of compliance with all mandatory continuing airworthiness information;

• (c) appropriate details of modifications and repairs to the aircraft and its major components;

• (d) the time in service (hours, calendar time, cycles, as appropriate) of the aircraft or its components subject to a mandatory overhaul life;

• (e) the current aircraft status of compliance with the maintenance programme;

• (f) the detailed maintenance records to show that all requirements for the signing of a maintenance release have been met.

• (3) The owner of an aircraft, other than a commercial transport aircraft or, in the case that an aircraft has been leased, the lessee of that aircraft, shall keep a record of the following with respect to that aircraft:

• (a) the current empty mass and the location of the centre of gravity when empty; the addition or removal of equipment, the kind and extent of maintenance, alteration or repair performed and the time in service and date when the work was performed and a chronological list of compliance with airworthiness directives and the methods of such compliance;

• (b) in respect of the major components:

• (i) the total time in service,

• (ii) the date of the last overhaul,

• (iii) the time in service since the last overhaul,

• (iv) the date of the last inspection;

• (c) in respect of those instruments and equipment, the serviceability and operating life of which are determined by their time in service, such records of the time in service as are necessary to determine their serviceability or to compute their operating life and the date of the last inspection in each case.

• (4) The records referred to in paragraphs (2)(a) to 2(e), inclusive and (3) above shall be held by the operator, owner or lessee for a period of 90 days after the end of the operating life of the unit to which they refer and those at paragraph 2(f) for a period of one year after the signing of the maintenance release concerned.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Instruments, Equipment and Safety Devices for Aircraft

• (1) Flight and navigation instruments:

• (a) a magnetic compass or its equivalent,

• (b) an accurate timepiece indicating time in hours, minutes and seconds,

• (c) a sensitive pressure altimeter,

• (d) an airspeed indicator,

• (e) other instruments or equipment as prescribed.

• (2) Power units instruments and equipment - reciprocating engines - for each engine -

• (a) fuel content indicator(s);

• (b) oil content indicator(s); there must be a stick gauge or equivalent means to indicate the quantity of oil in each tank. If an oil transfer or reserve oil supply system is installed, there must be a means to indicate to the flight crew in flight the quantity of oil in each tank;

• (c) oil pressure indicator;

• (d) oil temperature indicator, unless it can be proved that the operational limitations of the engine do not make the indicator essential;

• (e) tachometer (crankshaft rotational speed indicator);

• (f) manifold pressure indicator, where this indicator is necessary for the proper control of the engine;

• (g) ignition switches;

• (h) coolant outlet temperature indicator for liquid cooled engines;

• (i) for aircraft equipped with three or more engines, an instrument or device for indicating the loss of power where such loss of power is not readily determinable by the pilot from the natural response of the aircraft;

• (j) other instruments or equipment as prescribed.

• (3) Power unit instruments and equipment - turbine engines - for each engine:

• (a) an exhaust gas temperature indicator;

• (b) fuel quantity indicators;

• (c) oil pressure indicators, if an oil pressure system is used;

• (d) oil quantity indicator; there must be a stick gauge or equivalent means to indicate the quantity of oil in each tank. If an oil transfer or reserve oil supply system is installed, there must be a means to indicate to the flight crew, in flight, the quantity of oil in each tank;

• (e) oil temperature indicator;

• (f) tachometer(s) to indicate revolutions per minute of compressor, turbine and propeller for each engine, as applicable;

• (g) an instrument or device for indicating the loss of power where such loss of power is not readily determinable by the pilot from the natural response of the aircraft;

• (h) other instruments or equipment as prescribed.

• (4) Miscellaneous instruments, equipment or safety devices:

• (a) a portable fire extinguisher of a type which, when discharged, shall not cause dangerous contamination within the aircraft and readily accessible to the pilot in the pilot's compartment and in each passenger compartment not readily accessible to the pilot;

• (b) a seat for every occupant over 3 years of age, other than any occupant carried in a berth or on a stretcher, and a safety belt or safety harness for every seat, berth and stretcher;

• (c) when a signal pistol is carried, a mounting that will enable the pistol to be loaded, fired and unloaded whilst in its mounting;

• (d) an accessible first aid kit;

• (e) such other instruments, equipment or safety devices as are prescribed.

• (5) Current maps and charts to cover the whole of the route which it is proposed to fly, together with current maps and charts of any route to which the pilot-in-command of the aircraft may reasonably expect to be diverted.

• (6) The ground/air signal codes for search and rescue purposes.

• (7) Information to which the pilot-in-command of the aircraft may need to refer while in flight in order to comply with the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004, and with the air traffic control procedures for the time being in force.

• (8) Spare electrical fuses for all electrical circuits essential to safety contained in the aircraft the fuses of which can be replaced in flight. The number of fuses to be carried shall be 25% of the number required for each rating or three of each rating whichever number is the greater.

• (9) In aircraft designed to manoeuvre on the water, equipment for making from the surface of the water efficient sound signals at intervals of not more than a minute.

• (10) A list of visual signals and procedures for use by intercepting and intercepted aircraft as specified in Annex 2 to the Chicago Convention.

• (11) Such instruments as the Authority may prescribe for aircraft in areas where search and rescue would be difficult.

• (12) The aircraft flight manual or such other documentation and information as required to implement the requirements of Article 51 in respect of operating limitations.

• (13) A flight recorder or recorders in such aircraft and recording such information as prescribed by the Authority or as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements; documentation pertaining to such a recorder or recorders shall also be provided and maintained by the operator concerning parameter allocation, conversion equations, periodic calibration and other serviceability inspection or maintenance information, sufficient to ensure that accident investigation agencies will have the necessary information to read out the recorder data in engineering units.

• (14) A ground proximity warning system (GPWS), or, where prescribed, an enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS), for all aeroplanes of maximum total authorised mass greater than 5,700 kilograms or authorised to carry more than 9 passengers and for such other aircraft as may be prescribed, which shall provide automatically a timely and distinctive warning to the flight crew when the aircraft is in potentially hazardous proximity to the earth's surface, and shall as a minimum provide warnings of excessive descent rate, excessive terrain closure rate, excessive altitude loss after go around or take-off, unsafe terrain clearance while not in the landing configuration, i.e. while the landing gear is not locked down or flaps not in landing position and excessive descent below an instrument glide path;

• (15) A pressure-altitude reporting transponder providing such additional data parameters as are prescribed or otherwise required for flight in designated airspace.

• (1) In all aircraft for flight by night:

• (a) equipment for displaying the appropriate lights required to be displayed by Part VI of the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004;

• (b) adequate illumination for all instruments and equipment that are essential for the safe operation of the aircraft;

• (c) the instruments and equipment specified in subparagraph (3) of this paragraph;

• (d) an accurate time-piece indicating the time in hours, minutes and seconds;

• (e) a landing light;

• (f) lights in all passenger compartments;

• (g) an electric torch for each crew member station.

• (2)
• (a) A helicopter shall be equipped with a safety harness for each flight crew member's seat, comprising shoulder strap(s) and a seat belt, which may be used independently;

• (b) In aircraft used for flight instruction, a safety harness or shoulder strap(s) in conjunction with the seat belt for every pilot's seat and for any seat situated alongside a pilot's seat or a seat otherwise provided for a person under instruction;

• (c) In aircraft used for aerobatic flight manoeuvres - a safety harness for every seat in use by a person on board.

• (3) For an aircraft when operated in accordance with instrument flight rules, or when the aircraft cannot be maintained in a desired attitude without reference to one or more flight instruments:

• (a) a gyroscopic rate of turn indicator combined with an integral slip-skid indicator except that only a slip-skid indicator is required when a third attitude instrument system usable through flight attitudes of 360° of pitch and roll is installed in accordance with paragraph 5 (1)(c) of this Schedule;

• (b) two attitude indicators (artificial horizon), one of which may be replaced by (a) above in the case of an aeroplane (only);

• (c) a gyroscopic heading indicator;

• (d) means of indicating whether the power supply to the gyroscopic instruments is working satisfactorily;

• (e) two sensitive pressure altimeters, with counter drum-pointer or equivalent presentation and not with a three pointer or drum-pointer presentation);

• (f) an accurate timepiece indicating the time in hours, minutes and seconds;

• (g) a rate of climb and descent indicator;

• (h) appropriate approach charts for each aerodrome specified in the flight plan;

• (i) a means of indicating in the flight crew compartment the outside air temperature;

• (j) an airspeed indicating system with means of preventing malfunctioning due to either condensation or icing;

• (k) in an aeroplane, the maximum total authorised mass of which exceeds 5,700 kgs, two airspeed indicating systems each equipped with a means of preventing malfunctioning due to either condensation or icing;

• (l) for a rotorcraft, a stabilisation system, unless it has been demonstrated satisfactorily to the Authority that the aircraft, by virtue of its design, has adequate stability without such a system;

• (m) for a rotorcraft, a slip indicator;

• (n) a magnetic compass.

• (4) An aircraft on a VFR flight which is operated as a controlled flight (including a special VFR flight) shall be equipped in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 3 (3) of this Schedule or with at least the following instruments:

• (a) a turn and slip indicator, or, a gyroscopic bank and pitch indicator with a gyroscopic direction indicator, and a means of indicating whether the power supply to the gyroscopic instruments is working satisfactorily;

• (b) a sensitive altimeter adjustable for changes in barometric pressure;

• (c) an accurate time-piece indicating the time in hours, minutes and seconds;

• (d) a pressure-altitude reporting transponder as prescribed or otherwise required for flight in designated airspaces.”

• (5) For flights which involve manoeuvres on the water by an aircraft:

• (a) one life jacket, or equivalent individual flotation device for each person on board, stowed in a position easily accessible from the person's seat or berth. Each life jacket and equivalent flotation device shall be equipped with a whistle and a water proof torch or other equally suitable means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons;

• (b) in the case of a commercial transport aircraft, leaflets for distribution to each passenger stating the precise location and method of use of the life jackets;

• (c) equipment of a marine type for making from the surface of the water the sound signals and pyrotechnical signals of distress specified in the Collision Regulations (Ships and Water Craft on the Water) Orders, 1984 to 1993;

• (d) equipment for mooring or for anchoring appropriate to the maximum total mass authorised of the aircraft.

Note- a life belt is not considered an equivalent individual flotation device for the purpose of this Order.

• (6) For flights which involve manoeuvres on the water by aircraft the maximum total authorised mass of which exceeds 2,370 kgs:

• (a) the equipment specified in subparagraph (5) of this paragraph;

• (b) one sea anchor;

• (c) such apparatus as is required to facilitate the manoeuvring of the aircraft on the water under its engine power and as is appropriate to its mass, size and handling characteristics and, where such apparatus is not controlled by the pilot, a communication system enabling him or her to instruct the operator thereof.

• (7) A helicopter intended to be flown over water, unless designed for landing on water, shall be fitted with a permanent or rapidly deployable means of flotation so as to ensure a safe ditching of the helicopter when:

• (a) flying over water at a distance from land corresponding to more than 10 minutes at normal cruising speed in the case of helicopters operating in Performance Classes 1 or 2; or

• (b) flying over water beyond autorotational or safe forced landing distance from land in the case of a helicopter operating in Performance Class 3.

• (a) a safety harness with a single point release for every flight crew member and for every forward or rearward facing seat used by a crew member and the harness for flight crew members shall contain a device to restrain the occupant in the event of rapid deceleration;

• (b) in the case of a helicopter - three attitude indicators (artificial horizons), one of which may be replaced by a gyroscopic turn indicator;

• (c) in the case of an aeroplane of maximum total authorised mass exceeding 5,700 kgs or a helicopter operated in Performance Classes 1 or 2, a standby attitude indicator which operates continuously and is provided with an independent power source, which shall operate automatically on failure of the main electrical power supply, provide illumination to the standby attitude indicator and continue in operation for at least 30 minutes. A clear indication shall be given on the instrument panel that the standby attitude indicator is being operated by emergency power;

• (d) means of indicating to the passengers when safety belts or safety harness should be fastened except where the pilot and passenger compartments are not separately enclosed;

• (e) at least one portable fire extinguisher readily available to the pilot and at least one portable fire extinguisher for each enclosed passenger compartment that is separate from the pilot's compartment, provided that the total number of fire extinguishers shall be in relation to the total compartment capacity, as directed by the Authority, and except that any fire extinguishers which are carried in compliance with the issue of a certificate of airworthiness shall count against those required by this subparagraph;

• (f) means of ensuring that information and instructions are conveyed to passengers with regard to the location and method of opening of the emergency exits;

• (g) fire warning indicators;

• (h) (i) for all flights, an accessible and adequate first-aid kit, including materials for treating minor injuries including burns, artificial plastic airways, splints which may be inflatable, scissors, analgesics, ammonia inhaler, handbook on first-aid,

• (ii) for flights over the ocean or over areas where search and rescue operations would be difficult, one or more emergency medical kits containing in addition to the items listed in clause (i) of this subparagraph, insect repellent, emollient eye drops, sunburn cream, salt tablets, water miscible antiseptic skin cleanser, materials for the treatment of extensive burns, haemostatic forceps, haemostatic bandage or tourniquet, narcotic in injection form;

• (i) A flight recorder or recorders in such aircraft and recording such information as may be prescribed by the Authority or as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements;

• (j) means of protecting the flight crew compartment from unauthorised access and the flight crew from unlawful interference; where an aeroplane is equipped as required by Annex 6 to the Convention, or by JAA requirements, with a flight crew compartment door that is designed to resist small arms fire, grenade shrapnel and forcible intrusion by unauthorised persons, such a door and its installation shall be of an approved type and shall be capable of being locked or unlocked from either pilot's station in the flight crew compartment only and means shall be provided by which the cabin crew can discreetly communicate with the flight crew where events in the cabin may render that necessary or desirable; where means is provided in an aeroplane as required by Annex 6 to the Convention, or by JAA requirements, to monitor from the flight deck the door area outside the flight crew compartment, such a monitoring system shall be of an approved type;

• (k) such emergency equipment as may be prescribed, which may include axes, megaphones, means of emergency evacuation, interior marking and lighting of emergency exits, emergency exit operating handles, emergency exit access, exterior exit and escape route markings and lighting, floor level exits and additional exits;

• (l) an electric torch for each crew member station;

• (m) a forward or rearward facing seat, within 15 degrees of the longitudinal axis of the aircraft, fitted with a safety harness for the use of each cabin crew member required to satisfy the provisions of Article 59 of this Order and located near a floor level or other emergency exit or as required by the Authority or as otherwise required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements;

• (n) an airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS) and pressure altitude reporting transponder as prescribed by the Authority or as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements;

• (o) in the case of a turbine engine aeroplane of maximum total authorised mass greater than 5,700 kilograms or authorised to carry more than 9 passengers, a wind-shear warning system or as otherwise prescribed by the Authority;

• (p) in the case of an aeroplane operated by a single pilot under the Instrument Flight Rules or at night, a serviceable autopilot with at least altitude and heading select modes, a headset with a boom microphone or equivalent and a means of displaying charts that enables them to be readable in all ambient light conditions.

• (2) For flights of a commercial transport aeroplane or any single engine aeroplane over water beyond gliding distance from coast or shore, and for flights of a commercial transport aeroplane or any helicopter operating in Performance Classes 2 or 3, when taking off or landing over a substantial body of water, such that in the event of an emergency arising there would be a likelihood of ditching -there shall be provided:

• (a) the equipment and leaflets specified in subparagraph (5)(a) and 5(b) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule;

• (b) an electric torch and if so prescribed such equipment for making the pyrotechnical signals specified in Part V of the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004.

• (3) For flights over water in the course of which an aircraft may at any time be at a distance greater than the following away from an aerodrome or land suitable for a safe forced landing:

• (a) a distance of 50 nautical miles (93 km) for aeroplanes and beyond autorotational or safe forced landing distance for helicopters operating in Performance Class 3:

• there shall be provided the equipment and leaflets specified in sub-paragraph (5)(a) and (5)(b), as applicable, of paragraph 3 of this Schedule;

• (b) a distance of 100 nautical miles for any single engine aeroplane and 200 nautical miles for any multi-engine aeroplane capable of continuing a flight with one engine failed or, in the case of a commercial transport aeroplane capable of safely continuing a flight with one or more engines failed, a distance corresponding to 120 minutes at cruising speed or 400 nautical miles, whichever is the lesser, or, in the case of any other commercial transport aeroplane, 30 minutes at cruising speed or 100 nautical miles, whichever is the lesser, or more than 10 minutes flying time at normal cruise speed in the case of helicopters operating in Performance Classes 1 or 2 or more than 3 nautical miles when operating in Performance Class 3 - there shall be provided:

• (i) the equipment and leaflets as required in subparagraphs (5)(a) and (5)(b), as applicable, of paragraph 3 of this Schedule,

• (ii) suitably equipped life-saving rafts in sufficient numbers to accommodate all occupants of the aircraft stowed so as to permit their ready use in an emergency and provided with such life-saving equipment, including means for sustaining life, as is appropriate for the flight to be undertaken,

• (iii) equipment for making the pyrotechnical signals specified in Part V of the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004,

• (iv) permanently or rapidly deployable means of flotation for helicopters so as to allow safe ditching if necessary,

• (v) each life-saving raft shall be equipped with:

means for maintaining buoyancy,

sea anchor,

life lines and means of attaching one life raft to another,

paddles or other means of propulsion,

weather protection equipment,

waterproof torch,

means of making sea water drinkable,

marine type equipment for making the pyrotechnical distress signals described in Rule 42 in the Schedule to the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004,

first-aid equipment,

such supplies of food and water as would be reasonably required to meet an emergency.

Note (1) Routine maintenance and inspection of life-saving rafts and their equipment shall be carried out to ensure that they are maintained in a serviceable condition.

Note (2) The location, method of stowage and method of launching of life-saving rafts shall be such as to ensure the most expeditious and efficient use of them in the event of a forced landing of the aircraft on water. At least half the number of liferafts provided on a rotorcraft in accordance with the provisions of this sub-paragraph shall be deployable by remote control. A liferaft provided on a rotorcraft which is not deployable by remote control and which has a mass of more than 40kg shall be equipped with a means of mechanically assisted deployment.

Note (3) Equipment specified in item (v) of subparagraph (3) shall be contained in a pack and one such pack shall be stowed with each life-saving raft so that it is immediately available when the life-saving raft is launched.

• (vi) portable radio equipment (emergency locator transmitters) for use as survival beacons, in type, numbers and locations as prescribed or accepted by the Authority.

• (4) For flights by aircraft over undeveloped land areas where search and rescue could be especially difficult, there shall be provided portable radio equipment (emergency locator transmitters) for use as survival beacons to be carried in type, numbers and locations as prescribed or accepted by the Authority and such additional signalling devices and life saving or life sustaining equipment as may be appropriate to the area overflown.

• (5) For flights at night by commercial transport aircraft - there shall be provided:

• (a) two landing lamps or, if accepted by the Authority in the case of an aeroplane, a single landing lamp with two separately energised filaments and, in the case of a helicopter, one of these lights shall be trainable in the vertical plane;

• (b) cabin lights in all passenger compartments;

• (c) in the case of such aircraft as may be prescribed, or as required by the applicable Joint Aviation Requirements, an emergency lighting system independent of the main lighting system to provide illumination in the passenger compartment sufficient to facilitate the evacuation of the aircraft, notwithstanding the failure of the main lighting system;

• (d) the instruments and equipment specified in subparagraph (3) of paragraph 3 of this Schedule;

• (e) equipment for displaying the lights required by Rule 12 of the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004;

• (f) illumination for all instruments and equipment essential for the safe operation of the aircraft and used by the flight crew;

• (g) an electric torch for each crew-member station;

• (6) An aircraft intended to be operated at flight altitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is less than 700 Hpa in personnel compartments shall be equipped with oxygen storage and dispensing equipment capable of storing and dispensing the oxygen supplies as follows:

• (a) a supply of oxygen for continuous use by all crew members and by 10% of the passengers for the whole time in excess of 30 minutes during which the aircraft is required to fly at an altitude above 10,000 feet (a pressure of less than 700 Hpa) but not above 13,000 feet (a pressure of less than 620 Hpa;

• (b) a supply of oxygen for continuous use by all crew members and passengers for the whole time during which the aircraft is required to fly above an altitude of 13,000 feet (a pressure of less than 620 Hpa).

• (7) An aircraft intended to be operated at flight altitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is less than 700 Hpa but which is provided with means of maintaining pressures above 700 Hpa in all personnel compartments shall be provided with oxygen storage and dispensing equipment capable of storing and dispensing the oxygen supplies as follows:

• • for all crew members and passengers:

• (i) in the event of a loss of pressurisation, for any period that the atmospheric pressure in any compartment occupied by them would be less than 700 Hpa,

• (ii) in addition, when the aircraft is operated at a flight altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is less than 376 Hpa, or which, if operated at flight altitudes at which the pressure is more than 376 Hpa and it cannot descend safely within four minutes to an altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is equal to 620 Hpa, there shall be no less than a 10 minute supply for the occupants of the passenger compartment.

Note (1) For the purposes of this paragraph and of Article 39 of this Order, the expression “loss of pressurisation” means inability through any cause to maintain an atmospheric pressure of at least 700 hectopascals in any occupied compartment.

Note (2) Approximate altitudes in the Standard Atmosphere corresponding to the values of absolute pressure used in this Order are as follows:

	Absolute Pressure	Feet	Metres
	700 hectopascals	10,000	3,000
	620 hectopascals	13,000	3,900
	376 hectopascals	25,000	7,600

• (8) For all flights for which the carriage of stored oxygen is required by this Order, there shall be provided:

• (a) suitable means of storing, supplying and dispensing oxygen;

• (b) suitable means of indicating to the passengers in each compartment the appropriate times at which oxygen should be used and the method of use.

• (9)
• (a) For flights on which a pressurised aircraft is intended to be operated at an altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is less than 376 hectopascals - a device to provide warning of any dangerous loss of pressurisation shall be provided;

• (b) For flights on which a pressurised aircraft is intended to be operated at an altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is less than 376 Hpa, or which, if operated at flight altitudes at which the atmospheric pressure is more than 376 Hpa, the aircraft cannot descend safely within four minutes to a flight altitude at which the atmospheric pressure is equal to 620 Hpa, it shall be provided with automatically deployable oxygen equipment to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (7) of this Schedule. The total number of oxygen dispensing units shall exceed the number of passenger and cabin crew member seats by at least 10 per cent.

• (10) For flights when the weather reports or forecasts available at the aerodrome or heliport at the time of departure indicate that conditions favouring ice formation are likely to be met, means or equipment shall be provided to prevent any impairment through ice formation of the functioning of the controls, means of propulsion, lifting surfaces, windows or equipment of the aircraft which would endanger the safety of the aircraft.

• (11) For a pressurised commercial transport aircraft - there shall be provided:

operative weather radar, whenever such aircraft are being operated in areas where thunderstorms or other potentially hazardous weather conditions, regarded as detectable by air-borne weather radar equipment, may be expected to exist along the route to be flown, either at night or in instrument meteorological conditions.

• (12) For an aircraft intended to be operated above an altitude of 49,000 feet - there shall be provided:

equipment to measure and indicate continuously the dose rate of total cosmic radiation being received and the cumulative dose on each flight. The display unit of the equipment shall be readily visible to a flight or cabin crew member from his or her station.

• (13) An aircraft with speed limitations expressed in terms of mach number shall be equipped with a mach number indicator.

• (1) for all flights:

• (a) such instruments, equipment and devices as the Authority may require to be carried in the particular glider;

• (b) safety harness for every seat in use.

• (2) for flights by night:

• (a) equipment for displaying the lights required to be displayed by Rule 12 of the Irish Aviation Authority (Rules of the Air) Order, 2004, in relation to the particular aircraft;

• (b) adequate electrical illumination, supplied from the main source of supply in the glider for the instruments and equipment (including maps) required to be carried, the illumination of which is necessary to enable use to be made of them during the flight.

• (3) For a commercial transport or an aerial work glider - such additional instruments, equipment and devices as the Authority may prescribe in each case.

for all flights - such instruments, equipment and devices as the Authority may require to be carried in the particular type of aircraft.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Manuals, Logs and Records

The journey logbook or other equivalent record required by Article 15 shall contain the following items and corresponding Roman numerals:

I. aircraft nationality and registration;

II. date;

III. names of crew members;

IV. duty assignments of crew members;

V. place of departure;

VI. place of arrival;

VII. time of departure;

VIII. time of arrival;

IX. hours of flight;

X. nature of flight; (private; aerial work, non-scheduled commercial transport, scheduled commercial transport);

XI. incidents and observations if any;

XII. signature of person in charge.

An operations manual, organised as shown herein, which may be issued in separate parts corresponding to specific aspects of operations shall contain at least the following:

• (1) Organisation:

• Administration And Policy Manual;

• Aircraft Operating Manual;

• Minimum Equipment List (MEL) And Configuration Deviation List (CDL);

• Training Manual;

• Airport And Runway Analysis Manual;

• Areas, Routes and Aerodromes

• Cabin Safety And Emergency Procedures Manual;

• Dangerous Goods Manual;

• Accident Prevention And Flight Safety Manual;

• Security Manual;

• (2) Contents of Manual System:

2.1 Administration And Policy Manual

2.1.1 Instructions outlining the responsibilities of operations personnel pertaining to the conduct of flight operations;

2.1.2 A scheme limiting the flight time flight duty periods and total duty time and providing for adequate rest periods for flight crew members and cabin crew members as required by the Order;

2.1.3 A list of the navigational equipment to be carried including any requirements relating to operations in RNP airspace;

2.1.4 Where relevant to the operations, the long range navigation procedures, engine failure procedures for ETOPS and the nomination and utilisation of diversion aerodromes;

2.1.5 The circumstances in which a radio listening watch is to be maintained;

2.1.6 The method for determining minimum flight altitudes;

2.1.7 The methods for determining aerodrome or heliport operating minima;

2.1.8 Safety precautions during refuelling with passengers on board;

2.1.9 Procedures, as prescribed in Annex 12, for pilots-in-command observing an accident;

2.1.10 The flight crew for each type of operation including the designation of the succession of command;

2.1.11 Specific instructions for the computation of the quantities of fuel and oil to be carried, having regard to all circumstances of the operation including the possibility of the failure of one or more powerplants while en route;

2.1.12 The conditions under which oxygen shall be used and the amount of oxygen determined in accordance with the Order;

2.1.13 Instructions for mass and balance control;

2.1.14 Instructions for the conduct and control of ground de-icing and anti-icing operations;

2.1.15 The specifications for the operational flight plan;

2.1.16 Standard operating procedures (SOP) for each phase of flight;

2.1.17 Instructions on the use of normal checklists and the timing of their use;

2.1.18 Departure contingency procedures;

2.1.19 Instructions on the maintenance of altitude awareness and the use of automated or flight crew altitude callout;

2.1.20 Instructions on the use of autopilots and autothrottles in IMC;

2.1.21 Instructions on the clarification and acceptance of ATC clearances, particularly where terrain clearance is involved;

2.1.22 Departure and approach briefings;

2.1.23 Procedures for familiarisation with areas, routes and aerodromes;

2.1.24 Stabilised approach procedure;

2.1.25 Limitation on high rates of descent near the surface;

2.1.26 Conditions required to commence or to continue an instrument approach;

2.1.27 Instructions for the conduct of precision and non-precision instrument approach procedures;