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Talon Helicopters Ltd.
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Company Operations Manual
Chapter 9 § Aerial Work Operations
CHAPTER 9 § AERIAL WORK OPERATIONS
9.1 Application
This chapter applies to the operation of the helicopter in aerial work involving:
§ the carriage on-board of persons other than pilots;
§ the carriage of helicopter Class A, B, C or D external loads; and,
§ the dispersal of products.
9.2 Operating Instructions
The company shall ensure that all operations personnel are properly instructed about their duties and about the
relationship of their duties to the operation as a whole.
Operations personnel shall follow the procedures specified in this manual in the performance of their duties.
9.3 Carriage of Persons
SA CAR 702.16(a)
The company has authorization to carry persons other than pilot members and persons essential during flight,
provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
§ the person is a pilot trainee, a person undergoing training for essential duties during flight or an air
operator employee aircraft maintenance technician;
§ the person is a fire fighter or fire control officer being carried within a forest fire area;
§ the person is being carried to an aerial work site, performs an essential function in connection with the
aerial work operation and is necessary to accomplish the aerial work operation;
§ during helicopter external load operations, persons not essential during flight are carried only in
conjunction with a Class D load except for crew members undergoing training, or fire fighters carried only
in conjunction with a Class B load consisting of equipment necessary to fight fires within a forest fire area;
§ aircraft equipment requirements are compliant, (refer to section 6.5 - Seat, Safety Belt, and Shoulder
Harness Requirements); and,
§ persons are safety briefed (refer to section 8.11 - Briefing of Persons Other Than Pilots).
9.4 Briefing of Persons Other Than Pilots
The safety briefing shall be provided by the pilot or audio-visual means and include the following information as
applicable to the aircraft, aircraft configuration, equipment and operation:
§ prior to boarding, procedures for embarking and disembarking when engines are running and when rotors
are running;
§ techniques showing when and how carry-on baggage and cargo is to be loaded, secured and unloaded;
§ procedures for fastening, unfastening and use of safety belts and safety harnesses, including shoulder
harnesses, if so configured, specifying when they must be fastened;
§ the proper positioning of seats for take-off and landing;
§ the location, markings and operation of normal and emergency exits;
§ the requirement to obey pilot instructions;
§ the access to and the location and use of the emergency equipment, including the emergency locator
transmitter, fire extinguisher, life preservers (when applicable), survival equipment and first aid kit; and,
§ aircraft evacuation procedures, water ditching procedures, procedures if the aircraft is configured with
external fixtures.
December 31, 2015 Amendment 0 9-1