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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine aircraft meets requirements for VFR flight
- Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and hazard management implemented
- Flight and navigation instruments, minimum electrical lighting, navigation equipment and any other requirements fitted to aircraft are checked to ensure they are suitable and serviceable for VFR flight
- Obtain and use operational documents
- Applicable information contained in documents for flight planning and management is interpreted and applied
- Documents required for the flight are stowed and their accessibility for the pilot during flight is ensured
- Prepare flight plan for VFR flight
- Applicable information to prepare a flight plan that details tracks, distances, times, altitudes to be flown and fuel requirements to reach destination are obtained, analysed and applied
- Meteorological, airways facilities, aerodrome and Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) information applicable to planning and conducting a flight is obtained, interpreted and applied
- Routes to optimise options in an engine failure are planned
- Determine operational requirements
- Curfew requirements are complied with
- Duration of flight is determined
- Holding, alternate and reserve fuel requirements due to weather, navigation aid availability and aerodrome lighting are determined in accordance with operational requirements
- Total fuel requirements are calculated
- Make flight notification
- Completed flight notification is submitted
- Flight notification acceptance is confirmed
- Program navigation system
- Navigation data is loaded and checked
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