Operational flight plan
177.—(1)  Subject to paragraph (2), an AOC holder must ensure that the operational flight plan for a flight of any relevant aircraft, and the entries made to the plan during the flight, contains all of the following items:
(a)the aircraft registration;
(b)the aircraft type and variant;
(c)the date of flight;
(d)the flight identification;
(e)the names of all flight crew members;
(f)the place of departure;
(g)the time of departure;
(h)the place of arrival;
(i)the time of arrival;
(j)the type of operation;
(k)the route and route segments with checkpoints or waypoints with codings and frequencies of radio aids, distances, time and tracks;
(l)the planned cruise speed and flying times between checkpoints or waypoints, including estimated time of arrival, revised estimated time of arrival and actual time of arrival at each reporting point and each turning point;
(m)the safe altitudes and minimum levels;
(n)the planned altitudes and flight levels;
(o)the fuel calculations (including a fuel log, if not separately maintained, for recording in‑flight fuel checks);
(p)the amount of fuel on board when the engine was started;
(q)the destination alternate aerodrome or heliport, and, where applicable, the take‑off alternate aerodrome or heliport and the en‑route alternate aerodrome or heliport, including the information required in sub‑paragraphs (l), (m), (n), and (o) for those aerodromes or heliports;
(r)the initial ATS flight plan clearance and subsequent re‑clearance;
(s)the in-flight re-planning calculations;
(t)the relevant meteorological information;
(u)the altimeter settings at the point of departure and the destination;
(v)the air traffic control clearance;
(w)the taxi, airborne, landing and engine-off times.
(2)  An AOC holder may omit from the operational flight plan any information listed under paragraph (1) —
(a)that is readily available in other documentation or from an acceptable source; or
(b)that is irrelevant to the type of operation being carried out.
(3)  An AOC holder must describe the operational flight plan and its use in the Operations Manual.
(4)  An AOC holder must ensure that all the entries in the operational flight plan for a particular flight of a relevant aircraft cannot be altered after the flight.