Many things are just the same
flights, interception procedures joins the list of documents we must now carry on every flight. Safety Sense Leaflet 11 is the obvious source of CAA published information to download and save, or print off, so you can comply with this requirement. Something you’ll hope you will never need, but you’ll be glad it’s there if you do. A new requirement to carry a ‘journey log’
has concerned some pilots, but it’s simply a record of departure, destination, pilot in command and times, which many already carry and record, otherwise described as a Technical Log (aka Tech Log).
FUEL REQUIREMENTS When fuel planning, the Air Navigation
FUEL REQUIREMENTS EASA aircraft
Local day VFR 10 minutes
For ‘journey log’, think current tech log
Order states that you must carry sufficient fuel, oil and engine coolant (if required) for the intended flight, and that a safe margin is allowed for contingencies; this still applies to non-EASA aircraft. However, for EASA aircraft, new Part-NCO requirements apply which state that you must have a minimum amount of fuel on landing: 10 minutes for a local VFR flight within sight of the aerodrome, 30 minutes for other day VFR, and 45 minutes for IFR and night VFR. This fuel requirement is based on the consumption at ‘normal cruising altitude’.
SIMULATED SITUATIONS IN FLIGHT Instructors and examiners will be interested in the Part-NCO requirement for pilots not to carry out simulated situations
Other day VFR 30 minutes
Night VFR or IFR 45 minutes
in flight when carrying passengers. This has been present in commercial operations for many years, and has now found its way into regulations affecting private pilots and flight training. However, for the purposes of this regulation EASA provides the scope to appoint someone as crew where they take part in the operation such as lookout, where they might otherwise be described as a passenger under national legislation.
INSTRUMENTS Deciphered only by the most dedicated pilots, the old ANO used to have a horrendously complicated list to try to figure out what instrumentation was required. Part-NCO and the new ANO Schedule 5 have much-simplified versions for EASA and non-EASA aircraft respectively. These are in sections separately detailing day VFR, night VFR, and IFR requirements, making it much simpler for pilots to comply. You’ll be surprised by how few you actually require.
MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT For flights with more than one crew member, such as instructional flights, there is now a requirement for EASA aircraft operating under Part-NCO to have a functioning intercom with headsets. Thankfully the Gosport Tube isn’t fitted to any EASA aircraft, so those fitted with this type of communication equipment aren’t required to comply. However, a review of AAIB reports shows a functioning intercom is a sensible modern addition to the requirements in flight training and testing. Many flying schools will already have
aircraft with first aid kits; private owners might now need to source one. Required content of first aid kits is mainly what
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