The Air Navigation (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2016

Amendment to the Air Navigation (Isle of Man) Order 2015

19.  In Schedule 3 (aircraft equipment)—

(a) omit paragraph 3(m);

(b) in the Table in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first row of the column under the heading “Circumstances of flight” for “(bb) within Class A, B or C airspace” substitute “(bb) within Class A, B, C or D airspace”;

(ii) in the second row of the column under the heading “Description of aircraft” for “(2) Turbine-jet aeroplanes having a maximum total mass authorised of more than 5700 kg or pressurised aircraft having a maximum total mass authorised of more than 11,400 kg” substitute “(2) Pressurised aeroplanes operating in areas where thunderstorms or other potentially hazardous weather conditions are likely to be encountered”;

(iii) in the tenth row of the column under “Scale of Equipment required” for “A(1), (2), (3) and (5) and B(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)” substitute “A(1), (2), (3) and (4) and B(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6)”;

(c) in paragraph 5—

(i) for sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) of Scale A substitute—

“(3) Accessible medical supplies comprising one or more first aid kits appropriate to the number of passengers the aeroplane is authorised to carry; the contents of the first aid kit or kits to be determined by the operator having due regard to the nature of the operation.

(4) A hand fire extinguisher located in the flight crew compartment and in each passenger compartment that is separate from the flight crew compartment, except if the passenger compartment is readily accessible to the flight crew.”;

(ii) for sub-paragraph (1) of Scale AA substitute—

“(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an altitude alerting system capable of alerting the pilot on approaching a preselected altitude in either ascent or descent, by a sequence of visual and aural signals in sufficient time to establish level flight at that preselected altitude and when deviating above or below that preselected altitude, by a visual and aural signal.”; and

(iii) for sub-paragraph (1)(b) of Scale L1 Part 1 substitute—

“(b) in every case where the flying machine flies above flight level 350, a supply of oxygen in a portable container or by an alternative method, together with suitable and sufficient apparatus to enable use of the oxygen for first aid treatment,”.