AMC1 UAM.OP.MVCA.175 Flight preparation

OPERATIONAL FLIGHT PLAN

(a) The operational flight plan used and the entries made during flight should contain the following items:

(1) VCA registration;

(2) VCA type and variant;

(3) date of flight;

(4) flight identification;

(5) name(s) of the flight crew member(s);

(6) duty assignment of the flight crew member(s);

(7) place (vertiport) of departure;

(8) time of departure (actual off-block time, take-off time);

(9) place (vertiport) of arrival (planned and actual);

(10) time of arrival (actual landing and on-block time);

(11) type of operation (VFR day; commercial air transport operation, VEMS, non-commercial operation, training flight, etc.);

(12) route and route segments with checkpoints/waypoints, distances, time and tracks;

(13) planned cruising speed and flying times between checkpoints/waypoints (estimated, revised, and actual times overhead);

(14) minimum flight altitudes and minimum levels;

(15) planned altitudes and flight levels;

(16) fuel/energy calculations (records of in-flight fuel/energy checks);

(17) fuel/energy on board when powering on lift and thrust units;

(18) safe landing options at the point of commitment;

(19) vertiports or diversion locations along the route for the purpose of diversion;

(20) initial ATS flight plan clearance and subsequent reclearance, if applicable;

(21) in-flight replanning calculations; and

(22) meteorological information, as specified in point (a) of point MET.TR.215 of Part-MET.

(b) Items that are readily available in other documentation or from another acceptable source or are irrelevant to the type of operation may be omitted in the operational flight plan.

(c) The operational flight plan and its use should be described in the operations manual.

(d) All entries in the operational flight plan should be made concurrently and be permanent in nature.

OPERATIONAL FLIGHT PLAN — VEMS AND LOCAL AREA OPERATIONS

(e) For VEMS and local area operations with VCA, the operational flight plan may be established in a simplified form. Local area operations should be defined in the operations manual.

(f) No entries should be required in the operational flight plan during the flight.

OPERATIONAL FLIGHT PLAN PRODUCED BY A COMPUTERISED FLIGHT-PLANNING SYSTEM

(g) When the IAM operator uses a computerised flight-planning system to produce an operational flight plan, the functionality of this system should be described in the operations manual.

(h) If the computerised flight-planning system is used in conjunction with energy level calculations and checks, the proper functionality of the software should be tested after each upgrade. The test should verify that the changes to the software do not affect the final output.