AMC2 SAO.IDE.120 Life-saving and signalling equipment - flights over water

• ED Decision 2019/001/R found in: Sailplane Rule Book - Part-SAO Part-SFCL CS-22 (Nov 2022)

AMC2 SAO.IDE.120 Life-saving and signalling equipment – flights over water ED Decision 2019/001/R SIGNALLING AND LIFE-SAVING EQUIPMENT Based on the risk assessment, the pilot-in-command should determine the carriage of: (a) a life jacket or equivalent individual flotation device for each person on board that should: (1) be worn or stowed in a position that is readily accessible from the seat of the person for whose use it is provided; and (2) be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons; (b) an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) or a personal locator beacon (PLB), capable of transmitting simultaneously at 121.5 and 406 MHz, or an equivalent registered emergency locator, carried by the pilot-in-command, any other crew member or a passenger; and (c) signalling equipment for making distress signals.