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Part 138 (Aerial Work Operations) Manual of Standards 2020
Part 11CARRIAGE OF AERIAL WORK PASSENGERS OR AERIAL
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CHAPTER 11 CARRIAGE OF AERIAL WORK PASSENGERS OR AERIAL
WORK CARGO.............................................37
11.01 Application.................................................37
11.02 Carriage of 1 to 9 aerial work passengers in IFR flights...............37
11.03 Carriage of 1 or 2 aerial work passengers in VFR flights at night.......37
11.04 Carriage of 3 to 9 aerial work passengers in VFR flights at night.......38
11.05 Carriage of 10 or more aerial work passengers......................39
11.06 Requirements for aerial work passengers..........................39
11.07 Carriage of 1 or more aerial work passengers over water..............40
CHAPTER 12 NIGHT VISION IMAGING SYSTEMS..........................41
Division 1 Purpose, application and definitions..............................41
12.01 Purpose....................................................41
12.02 Application.................................................41
12.03 Definitions..................................................41
Division 2 — Requirements for NVIS operations...............................43
12.04 General HLS-NVIS requirements................................43
12.05 HLS-NVIS standard..........................................43
12.06 HLS-NVIS basic.............................................43
12.07 No formation flights..........................................43
12.08 Alternate aerodrome lighting requirements.........................43
12.09 Aircraft lighting requirements...................................44
12.10 Requirements related to NVIS crew members......................44
12.11 Weather requirements — cloud..................................45
CHAPTER 13 RISK ASSESSMENTS (INCLUDING AWZ-RAs)..................47
Division 1 Risk — general..............................................47
13.01 Application.................................................47
13.02 Risk criteria — all operators....................................47
13.03 Risk assessment and mitigation — all operators.....................47
13.04 Risk assessment matters — all operators..........................47
13.05 Risk assessment and mitigation processes — limited aerial work
operators...................................................47
13.06 Risk assessment and mitigation processes — aerial work certificate
holders only.................................................48
13.07 Procedures for risk assessment and mitigation processes..............48
Division 2 AWZ-RA — risk and related requirements.........................49
13.08 Application.................................................49
13.09 Preparation of an AWZ-RA — aerial work operations................49
CHAPTER 14 SEATBELTS AND OTHER RESTRAINT DEVICES...............51
14.01 Application.................................................51
14.02 Wearing of seatbelts and other restraint devices.....................51
14.03 Safety harness or a restraint strap................................51
CHAPTER 15 RULES FOR EXTERNAL LOAD OPERATIONS..................53
Division 1 Class D external loads.........................................53
15.01 Application.................................................53
15.02 Persons who may be carried as external loads......................53
15.03 RESERVED................................................53
15.04 Equipment requirements if person carried on or in an attachment to an aircraft 53
15.05 Classes of persons who may be picked-up or set-down...............53
15.06 Operational requirements if a person is picked-up or set-down.........53
Division 2 General requirements.........................................56
15.07 Requirements for external loads.................................56
15.08 Helicopter external load operations at night over water, including SAR..56
15.09 Approvals required for Class C and Class E external load operations....57
15.10 External load operations over an AWZ............................57
15.11 External load operations at night.................................57
15.12 Additional requirements for Class E external loads..................58
15.13 Towed and long loads must be jettisonable.........................58
CHAPTER 16 REQUIREMENTS FOR DISPENSING OPERATIONS..............59
Division 1 Preliminary.................................................59
16.01 Application.................................................59
16.02 Dispensing operations to be in VMC.............................59
16.03 Requirements for dispensing operations...........................59
Division 2 NVIS firebombing............................................60
16.04 Application.................................................60
16.05 Compliance.................................................60
16.06 Crew composition, qualification and experience....................60
16.07 Use of a belly tank............................................61
Division 3 — NVIS incendiary dropping......................................61
16.08 Application.................................................61
16.09 Compliance.................................................61
16.10 Crew composition, qualification and experience....................62
CHAPTER 17 REQUIREMENTS FOR TASK SPECIALIST OPERATIONS.........63
Division 1 Preliminary.................................................63
17.01 Application.................................................63
Division 2 Aerial mustering operations....................................63
17.02 Pilot qualifications and experience...............................63
Division 3 Firearms and aerial work operations..............................64
17.03 Application.................................................64
17.04 Possession and carriage of a firearm..............................64
17.05 Pilot requirements for aerial platform shooting......................64
17.06 Task specialist requirements — discharge of firearms................65
17.07 Additional requirements — discharge of firearms...................66
17.08 Communication requirements...................................68
Division 4 Marine pilot transfer..........................................69
17.09 Task specialist marine pilot transfer operations.....................69
Division 5 NVIS fire mapping...........................................69
17.10 Application.................................................69
17.11 Compliance.................................................69
17.12 Crew composition, qualification, and experience....................69