BOP.ADD.300
Composition of flight crew
Regulation
(EU) 2020/357
(a) The composition of the flight crew shall
be, as a minimum, as specified in the AFM or operating limitations prescribed
for the balloon.
(b) The flight crew shall include additional
flight crew members when required by the type of operation. The number of the
flight crew shall not be lower than the number specified in the operations
manual.
(c) All flight crew members shall hold a
licence and ratings issued or accepted in accordance with Annex III to this
Regulation and shall be appropriate to the duties assigned to them.
(d) Flight crew members may be relieved during
the flight of their duties at the controls by another suitably qualified
flight crew member.
(e) When engaging the services of flight crew
members who work on a freelance or part-time basis, the operator shall verify
that all of the following requirements are complied with:
(1) the requirements of this Subpart;
(2) Annex III to this Regulation, including
the requirements on recent experience;
(3) the flight and duty time limitations and
rest requirements in accordance with the national law of the Member State
where the operator has its principal place of business, taking into account
all services rendered by the flight crew member to other operators.