{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-110",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016/article-110.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/765",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Navigation Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-navigation-order-2016",
  "path": "article/110",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "110",
  "heading": "Pilots required on public transport flights by helicopters of 5,700kg or less",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a helicopter registered in the United Kingdom must carry at least two pilots as members of its flight crew if it—\n(a) is flying for the purpose of public transport;\n(b) has a maximum take-off mass of 5,700kg or less; and\n(c) is flying in circumstances where the pilot in command is required to comply with the Instrument Flight Rules or is flying at night on a special VFR flight.\n(2) A helicopter described in paragraph (1) is not required to carry two pilots if it—\n(a) is equipped with an autopilot with altitude hold and heading mode which is serviceable on take-off;\n(b) is equipped with such an autopilot even though before take-off the autopilot is found to be unserviceable, if the helicopter flies in accordance with arrangements approved by the CAA; or\n(c) is flying by day and remains clear of cloud and with the surface in sight.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/765/article/110",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:35.381803+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}