AMC1 SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) Performance requirements for HEMS operations

• ED Decision 2023/007/R found in: Air Operations (965/2012) Part-ARO Part-ORO Part-CAT Part-SPA Part-NCC Part-NCO Part-SPO (Feb 2025)

AMC1 SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) Performance requirements for HEMS operations ED Decision 2023/007/R PERFORMANCE CLASS 3 WITH A HELICOPTER NOT CERTIFIED AS CATEGORY A OR EQUIVALENT (a) If a stretcher is likely to be necessary for the mission, the helicopter should be able to carry a deployed stretcher without preventing compliance with the crew composition requirements of [SPA.HEMS.130](#_DxCrossRefBm927679444), i.e. without preventing the two pilots, or a pilot and a HEMS crew member, from occupying the two forward-facing seats in the cockpit. (b) Considering the limitations for Performance class 3 operations included in [CAT.POL.H.400](#_DxCrossRefBm927678858), the planned mission needs to remain outside congested hostile areas and is expected to be completed by sunset. (c) If the HEMS mission unexpectedly needs to be continued by night, or it unexpectedly requires a HEMS flight into a congested hostile area, the operator should ensure that a category A helicopter is dispatched. (d) The records required by point (vi) of [SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm927677642) should contain the following information for each mission, and be kept for 3 years: (1) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch in accordance with [SPA.HEMS.125 (a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm927677642); (2) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch as described in (a) and (b) above; (3) the contingency options that were available to meet (c), and whether they were triggered or not; (4) all elements relevant to the mission including destinations, altitude, weather conditions, mass and balance. AMC1 SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) Performance requirements for HEMS operations ED Decision 2023/007/R PERFORMANCE CLASS 3 WITH A HELICOPTER NOT CERTIFIED AS CATEGORY A OR EQUIVALENT (a) If a stretcher is likely to be necessary for the mission, the helicopter should be able to carry a deployed stretcher without preventing compliance with the crew composition requirements of [SPA.HEMS.130](#_DxCrossRefBm318087064), i.e. without preventing the two pilots, or a pilot and a HEMS crew member, from occupying the two forward-facing seats in the cockpit. (b) Considering the limitations for Performance class 3 operations included in [CAT.POL.H.400](#_DxCrossRefBm318086478), the planned mission needs to remain outside congested hostile areas and is expected to be completed by sunset. (c) If the HEMS mission unexpectedly needs to be continued by night, or it unexpectedly requires a HEMS flight into a congested hostile area, the operator should ensure that a category A helicopter is dispatched. (d) The records required by point (vi) of [SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm318085278) should contain the following information for each mission, and be kept for 3 years: (1) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch in accordance with [SPA.HEMS.125 (a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm318085278); (2) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch as described in (a) and (b) above; (3) the contingency options that were available to meet (c), and whether they were triggered or not; (4) all elements relevant to the mission including destinations, altitude, weather conditions, mass and balance. *[applicable from 25 May 2024 — ED Decision 2023/007/R]* ##### AMC1 SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3) Performance requirements for HEMS operations *ED Decision 2023/007/R* **PERFORMANCE CLASS 3 WITH A HELICOPTER NOT CERTIFIED AS CATEGORY A OR EQUIVALENT** (a) If a stretcher is likely to be necessary for the mission, the helicopter should be able to carry a deployed stretcher without preventing compliance with the crew composition requirements of [SPA.HEMS.130](#_DxCrossRefBm523089005), i.e. without preventing the two pilots, or a pilot and a HEMS crew member, from occupying the two forward-facing seats in the cockpit. (b) Considering the limitations for Performance class 3 operations included in [CAT.POL.H.400](#_DxCrossRefBm523088414), the planned mission needs to remain outside congested hostile areas and is expected to be completed by sunset. (c) If the HEMS mission unexpectedly needs to be continued by night, or it unexpectedly requires a HEMS flight into a congested hostile area, the operator should ensure that a category A helicopter is dispatched. (d) The records required by point (vi) of [SPA.HEMS.125(a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm523087151) should contain the following information for each mission, and be kept for 3 years: (1) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch in accordance with [SPA.HEMS.125 (a)(3)](#_DxCrossRefBm523087151); (2) the criteria that the operator used for the dispatch as described in (a) and (b) above; (3) the contingency options that were available to meet (c), and whether they were triggered or not; (4) all elements relevant to the mission including destinations, altitude, weather conditions, mass and balance.