Experience requirements for helicopter pilot operating to offshore sites
135.—(1)  Before an AOC holder assigns a person to flight crew member duty as a pilot of a helicopter that is to be flown by day to and from an offshore site, the AOC holder must ensure that the person has completed at least one day deck landing in the 12 months immediately preceding the flight.
(2)  Despite paragraph (1), an AOC holder may assign a person who does not meet the requirement in that paragraph to flight crew member duty as a pilot of a helicopter that is to be flown by day to and from an offshore site and to carry out such a landing if the person —
(a)is not the pilot-in-command for the flight; and
(b)is accompanied by an experienced supervising pilot‑in‑command who is qualified to carry out a day deck landing in accordance with paragraph (1).
(3)  Before an AOC holder assigns a person to flight crew member duty as a pilot of a helicopter that is to be flown by night to and from an offshore site, the AOC holder must ensure that the person has completed at least one day deck landing and one night deck landing in the 12 months immediately preceding the flight.
(4)  Despite paragraph (3), an AOC holder may assign a person who does not meet the requirement in that paragraph to flight crew member duty as a pilot of a helicopter that is to be flown by night to and from an offshore site and to carry out such a landing if the person —
(a)is not the pilot-in-command for that flight;
(b)is qualified to carry out a day deck landing in accordance with paragraph (1); and
(c)is accompanied by an experienced supervising pilot‑in‑command who is qualified to carry out a night deck landing in accordance with paragraph (3).
(5)  In this regulation —
“day deck landing” means a landing by day on the deck of an offshore site;
“night deck landing” means a landing by night on the deck of an offshore site;
“offshore site” includes a vessel.