If a competent authority has designated a specific area as one where search and rescue would be especially difficult, does that area fall under the definition in GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180?

Yes, because the expression 'areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult' includes areas so designated by the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue.

Does GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180 require that a competent authority publish information about search and rescue difficulty in uninhabited areas?

No, it does not require publication. It states that if the authority has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult, and the authority does not designate such areas as especially difficult as a matter of policy, then the largely uninhabited area falls under the definition.

GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180 Survival equipment

Q: How should the expression 'areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult' be interpreted for the purpose of GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180?

It should be interpreted as meaning: (a) areas so designated by the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue; or (b) areas that are largely uninhabited and where the authority referred to in (a) has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult, and the authority does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue.

Q: Under GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180, what two conditions must be met for a largely uninhabited area to be considered an area where search and rescue would be especially difficult?

The area must be largely uninhabited, and both of the following must apply: (1) the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult; and (2) that authority does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue.

Q: In the context of GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180, what is the role of the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue regarding areas that are largely uninhabited?

For largely uninhabited areas, the competent authority must not have published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult, and the authority must not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue, for the area to be considered one where search and rescue would be especially difficult.

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ED Decision 2014/016/R

AREAS IN WHICH SEARCH AND RESCUE WOULD BE ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT

The expression ‘areas in which search and rescue would be especially difficult’ should be interpreted, in this context, as meaning:

(a) areas so designated by the competent authority responsible for managing search and rescue; or

(b) areas that are largely uninhabited and where:

(1) the authority referred to in (a) has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be or would not be especially difficult; and

(2) the authority referred to in (a) does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being especially difficult for search and rescue.

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Source-Title: GM2 NCO.IDE.H.180 Survival equipment View latest amendments

Erulesid: ERULES-1963177438-13772 Compare versions

Domain: Air operations

Applicabilitydate: 1 July, 2014

Entryintoforcedate: 1 July, 2014

Regulatorysource: ED Decision 2014/016/R Navigate

Regulatorysubject: Part-NCO

Typeofcontent: GM to IR (Guidance material to implementing rule)

Parentir: NCO.IDE.H.180 Survival equipment

Origin: EASA

Category: EAR