# 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, Division SPA.HOFO.110: Operating procedures

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) The operator shall, as part of its safety management process, mitigate and minimise risks and hazards specific to helicopter offshore operations. The operator shall specify in the operations manual the:
(1) selection, composition and training of crews;
(2) duties and responsibilities of crew members and other involved personnel;
(3) required equipment and dispatch criteria; and
(4) operating procedures and minima, such that normal and likely abnormal operations are described and adequately mitigated.
(b) The operator shall ensure that:
(1) an operational flight plan is prepared prior to each flight;
(2) the passenger safety briefing also includes any specific information on offshore related items and is provided prior to boarding the helicopter;
(3) each member of the flight crew wears an approved survival suit:
(i) when the weather report or forecasts available to the pilot-in-command/commander indicate that the sea temperature will be less than plus 10 °C during the flight; or
(ii) when the estimated rescue time exceeds the calculated survival time; or
(iii) when the flight is planned to be conducted at night in a hostile environment;
(4) where established, the offshore route structure provided by the appropriate ATS is followed;
(5) pilots make optimum use of the automatic flight control systems (AFCS) throughout the flight;
(6) specific offshore approach profiles are established, including stable approach parameters and the corrective action to be taken if an approach becomes unstable;
(7) for multi-pilot operations, procedures are in place for a member of the flight crew to monitor the flight instruments during an offshore flight, especially during approach or departure, to ensure that a safe flight path is maintained;
(8) the flight crew takes immediate and appropriate action when a height alert is activated;
(9) procedures are in place to require the emergency flotation systems to be armed, when safe to do so, for all overwater arrivals and departures; and
(10) operations are conducted in accordance with any restriction on the routes or the areas of operation specified by the CAA.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/965/annex/V/division/subpart+k/division/spahofo110 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-965/annex-V/division-subpart+k/division-spahofo110
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