{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+i/division-spahho130/division-b",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+i/division-spahho130/division-b.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/965",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012 laying down technical requirements and administrative procedures related to air operations pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965",
  "path": "annex/V/division/subpart+i/division/spahho130/division/b",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(b)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Experience. The minimum experience level for the commander conducting HHO flights shall not be less than:\n(1)Offshore:\n(i)1 000 hours as pilot-in-command/commander of helicopters, or 1 000 hours as co-pilot in HHO of which 200 hours is as pilot-in-command under supervision; and\n(ii)50 hoist cycles conducted offshore, of which 20 cycles shall be at night if night operations are being conducted, where a hoist cycle means one down-and-up cycle of the hoist hook.\n(2)Onshore:\n(i)500 hours as pilot-in-command/commander of helicopters, or 500 hours as co-pilot in HHO of which 100 hours is as pilot-in-command under supervision;\n(ii)200 hours operating experience in helicopters gained in an operational environment similar to the intended operation; and\n(iii)50 hoist cycles, of which 20 cycles shall be at night if night operations are being conducted.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/V/division/subpart+i/division/spahho130/division/b",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:05.762953+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}