Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine aircraft meets requirements for NVFR flight
- Aircraft requirements for NVFR flight are determined
- 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 NVFR flight
- Obtain and use current operational documents
- Operational documents applicable to flight are obtained and checked for currency
- Applicable information contained in documents for flight planning and management is interpreted and applied
- Documents required for flight are stowed and their accessibility for pilot during flight is ensured
- Prepare flight plan for NVFR flight
- Charts suitable for intended NVFR flight are selected and prepared
- 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
- Hazards are identified, risks are assessed and hazard management is implemented
- 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 engine failure are planned
- Determine operational requirements
- Suitability of aerodrome lighting for night operations is determined
- 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
- Flight notification is prepared for planned NVFR flight
- Completed flight notification is submitted
- Flight notification acceptance is confirmed
- Program navigation system
- Data is prepared for transfer to approved airborne navigation system
- Navigation data is loaded and checked