Air Navigation (135 — Commercial Air Transport by Helicopters and Small Aeroplanes) Regulations 2018
Table of Contents
Enacting Formula
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Citation and commencement
2 Definitions, etc.
3 Application of these Regulations
Part 2
Division 1 — General
4 Aircraft airworthiness
5 Documents to be carried on board
6 Manuals to be carried
7 Operational Information and forms to be carried on board
8 Common language
9 Stowage of baggage
10 Use of portable electronic device (PED)
11 PED as in-flight entertainment
12 Approval for use of PED
13 Procedures in relation to use of PED
14 Authorisation for carriage of dangerous goods
15 Electronic navigation data management
16 Responsibilities of AOC holder
17 Passenger safety
18 Passenger briefing
19 Flight deck compartment
20 Use and preservation of flight records and records
Division 2 — Operational procedures
21 Use of Operations Manual
22 Operational control
23 Duties of a flight dispatcher
24 Competence of operations personnel
25 Procedure compliance
26 Meteorological information
27 Flight planning
28 Flight preparation
29 Operational flight plan
30 ATS flight plan
31 Operational changes in flight
32 Operating in icing conditions — ground procedures
33 Operating in icing conditions — flight procedures
34 Operating into areas with known or forecasted volcanic ash contamination
35 Use of aerodromes and landing sites
36 Requirement to use certified aerodromes
37 Aerodrome operating minima — general requirements
38 Aerodrome operating minima — determination
39 Noise abatement procedures
40 Alternate aerodromes — general requirements
41 Take-off alternate
42 Destination alternate
43 Offshore alternate
44 Operations beyond 60 minutes to en‑route alternate aerodrome
45 Extended diversion time operations
46 Fuel requirements — aeroplanes
47 Fuel and oil requirements — Helicopters
48 Alternate destination with in‑flight re‑dispatch
49 In-flight fuel management
50 Checklists for flight crew
51 In-flight simulation of emergency situations
52 Use of oxygen
53 Cosmic radiation
54 Manipulation of controls
55 Flight crew communication
56 Locking of flight deck door
57 Fuelling operations
58 Occupation of seats and wearing of restraints
59 Control of infectious diseases
Division 3 — Operating limitations
60 Meteorological conditions — VFR flight
61 Meteorological conditions — IFR flight
62 Departure limitations — IFR flight
63 Minimum flight altitudes
64 Instrument flight procedures
65 Single-engine aeroplane
66 Dangerous goods
Division 4 — Mass and balance
67 Loading of aircraft
68 Load sheet
69 Goods, passenger and baggage mass
70 Loading procedures to be in Operations Manual
Division 5 — Performance
71 Performance planning — aeroplanes
72 Performance planning — helicopters
73 Performance data
74 Runway friction coefficient
75 Runway surface conditions
76 Wet and contaminated runway surfaces
77 Runway factors
78 Runway length
79 Performance — mass limitation
80 Performance applicability — aeroplanes
81 Performance applicability — helicopters
Division 6 — Instrument and equipment
82 General
83 Inoperative instruments and equipment
84 Minimum equipment list
85 Marking of exits and break-in areas
86 Location of instruments and equipment
87 Markings and placards
88 Seating and restraints
89 Aircraft operating under VFR
90 VFR flights operated as controlled flights
91 Equipment for flight in icing conditions
92 Aircraft operating at night or under IFR
93 Spare fuses
94 Altitude alerting system
95 Communication equipment
96 Navigation equipment
97 Surveillance equipment
98 Installation of communication, navigation and surveillance equipment
99 Landing in Instrument Meteorological Conditions
100 Category II or III precision approach equipment
101 Crew intercom and public address system
102 Emergency lighting
103 Medical and emergency equipment
104 Emergency locator transmitter
105 Survival equipment
106 Flights over water — general requirements
107 Flights over water — aeroplanes
108 Flights over water — helicopters
109 Pressure-altitude reporting transponder
110 Passenger safety instructions
111 Oxygen indicators
112 Non-pressurised aeroplanes
113 Oxygen equipment and supplies for pressurised aircraft
114 Device to warn flight crew of loss of pressurisation
115 Flight recorders — Construction, installation and continued serviceability
116 Flight recorders — Flight data recorders and alternatives
117 Flight recorders — cockpit voice recorder and cockpit audio recording system
118 Flight recorders — data link recorders
119 Combination recorders
120 Ground proximity warning system
121 Significant weather detection
122 Forward-looking wind shear warning system
123 Airborne Collision Avoidance System (ACAS II)
124 Automatic Dependent Surveillance — Broadcast (out) (ADS‑B (out))
125 Cosmic radiation detection equipment
Division 7 — Maintenance
126 Maintenance responsibilities
127 Continuing airworthiness information
128 Use of Maintenance Control Manual
Division 8 — Crew requirements
129 Composition of flight crew
130 Flight crew qualification
131 Flight crew recency
132 Flight crew duty assignment
133 Experience requirements for pilot-in-command training
134 Pilot experience
135 Experience requirements for helicopter pilot operating to offshore sites
136 Pilot operating limitations
137 Composition of cabin crew
138 Task specialists
Division 9 — Training
139 Training programmes — general
140 Training equipment
141 Flight simulation training devices
142 Training instructors
143 Crew member training programme
144 Pilot training requirements
145 Cabin crew training
146 Safety and Emergency Procedures training
147 Crew resource management training requirements
148 Threat and error management
149 Dangerous goods training
150 Crew member introduction segment
151 Crew member transition segment
152 Crew member upgrade segment
153 Crew member recurrent segment
154 Manoeuvres requiring FSTD
155 Training records
Division 10 — Crew member competency
156 Competency assessment programme
157 Operator Proficiency Check
158 Operator Line Check
159 Safety and Emergency Procedure Checks
160 Area, route and aerodrome competence
161 Dangerous goods tests
162 Check pilot qualifications
163 Flight instructor and check pilot competency checks
164 Safety and Emergency Procedures Check Examiners
165 Pilot competency checks
166 Competency checks for pilot operating in single pilot role for IFR flight or at night
167 Competency checks for pilot operating more than one type or variant
168 Cabin crew competency
169 Competency checks of other crew members
170 Competency and testing records
Division 11 — Fatigue of crew
171 Fatigue risk management programme
172 Responsibilities of AOC holder for fatigue management
173 Continuous assessment of fatigue risk
174 Use of controlled rest on flight deck
Division 12 — Manuals, logs and records
175 Operations Manual
176 Maintenance Control Manual
177 Operational flight plan
178 Fuel and oil records
179 Document retention period
180 Cosmic radiation records
Part 3 MISCELLANEOUS
181 Penalties
182 Grant of approvals or acceptance
Part 4 SAVING AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
183 Definition for this Part
184 Saving and transitional provisions