AMC1 SPA.NVIS.140 Information and documentation
OPERATIONS MANUAL
The operations manual should include:
(a) equipment to be carried and its limitations;
(b) the minimum equipment list (MEL) entry covering the equipment specified;
(c) risk analysis, mitigation and management;
(d) pre- and post-flight procedures and documentation;
(e) selection and composition of crew;
(f) crew coordination procedures, including:
(1) flight briefing;
(2) procedures when one crew member is wearing NVG and/or procedures when two or more crew members are wearing NVGs;
(3) procedures for the transition to and from NVIS flight;
(4) use of the radio altimeter on an NVIS flight; and
(5) inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and helicopter recovery procedures, including unusual attitude recovery procedures;
(g) the NVIS training syllabus;
(h) in-flight procedures for assessing visibility, to ensure that operations are not conducted below the minima stipulated for non-assisted night VFR operations;
(i) weather minima, taking the underlying activity into account; and
(j) the minimum transition heights to/from an NVIS flight.
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