Article 49 Commander to ensure demonstration of lifejacketsI1
United Kingdom
This article applies to a flight for the transport of passengers by an aircraft registered in the Isle of Man.
Subject to paragraph (5), in the case of a flight in an aircraft that is not a seaplane and on which it is intended to reach a point more than 30 minutes flying time from the nearest land, the commander must take all reasonable steps to ensure that before take-off all passengers are given a demonstration of the method of use of the lifejackets required by or under this Order for the use of passengers.
Subject to paragraph (5) and if the circumstances described in paragraph (4) apply, in the case of an aircraft that is not a seaplane, the commander must take all reasonable steps to ensure that before take-off all passengers are given a demonstration of the method of use of the lifejackets required by or under this Order for the use of passengers.
The circumstances referred to in paragraph (3) are that—
it is intended to proceed beyond gliding distance from land; or
in the event of an emergency occurring during the take-off or during the landing at the intended destination or any likely alternate destination it is reasonably possible that the aircraft would be forced to land onto water.
If the requirement to give a demonstration required by paragraph (2) or (3) arises only because it is reasonably possible that the aircraft would be forced to land onto water at one or more of the likely alternate destinations the demonstration need not be given until after the decision has been taken to divert to such a destination.
In the case of an aircraft that is a seaplane, the commander must take all reasonable steps to ensure that before take-off all passengers are given a demonstration of the method of use of the lifejackets required by or under this Order for the use of passengers.
In this article, flying time is calculated by reference to the speed specified in the relevant certificate of airworthiness or flight manual as the speed for compliance with regulations governing flights over water while flying in still air.