What is the role of the authority responsible for managing search and rescue in determining areas of particularly difficult search and rescue under GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311?

The authority can designate areas as particularly difficult for search and rescue, and for uninhabited areas, the authority's lack of published information and lack of a policy to designate such areas are conditions for the area to be considered particularly difficult.

GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311 Survival equipment

Q: If the authority responsible for search and rescue has a policy of designating difficult areas, can an uninhabited area still be considered as having particularly difficult search and rescue under GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311?

No, because under point (b)(2) of GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311, for an uninhabited area to qualify, the authority must not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being particularly difficult for search and rescue. If the authority has such a policy, the area would not meet the condition.

Q: What does the phrase 'areas in which search and rescue would be particularly difficult' mean according to GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311?

It means areas so designated by the authority responsible for managing search and rescue, or areas that are largely uninhabited where that authority has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would be particularly difficult and does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being particularly difficult for search and rescue.

Q: Under GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311, when can an area be considered as having particularly difficult search and rescue even if the responsible authority has not designated it?

An area can be considered as having particularly difficult search and rescue if it is largely uninhabited, the authority responsible for managing search and rescue has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would or would not be particularly difficult, and that authority does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being particularly difficult for search and rescue.

Q: What are the two alternative conditions under which an area qualifies as 'areas in which search and rescue would be particularly difficult' per GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311?

The two alternative conditions are: (a) the area is so designated by the authority responsible for managing search and rescue; or (b) the area is largely uninhabited and both (1) the authority has not published any information to confirm whether search and rescue would or would not be particularly difficult, and (2) the authority does not, as a matter of policy, designate areas as being particularly difficult for search and rescue.

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ED Decision 2025/010/R

AREAS WHERE SEARCH AND RESCUE WOULD BE PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT

The phrase ‘areas in which search and rescue would be particularly difficult’ means:

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

(b) areas that are largely uninhabited and where:

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

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

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Source-Title: GM2 UAM.IDE.MVCA.311 Survival equipment View latest amendments

Erulesid: ERULES-1963177438-23800 Compare versions

Domain: Air operations

Amendedby: Issue 1

Applicabilitydate: 9 July, 2025

Entryintoforcedate: 9 July, 2025

Regulatorysource: ED Decision 2025/010/R Navigate

Regulatorysubject: Part-IAM

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

Parentir: UAM.IDE.MVCA.311 Survival equipment

Origin: EASA

Category: EAR