Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine aircraft meets requirements for IFR flight
- Obtain and use current operational documents
- Prepare charts and flight plan for IMC flight
- Charts suitable for intended IFR flight are selected and prepared
- Applicable information to prepare a flight plan which details tracks, distances, times, altitudes to be flown and fuel requirements to reach destination are obtained, analysed and applied
- Meteorological, airways facilities, aerodrome and NOTAM information applicable to planning and conducting a flight is obtained, interpreted and applied
- Routes to optimise options in the event of an engine failure are planned
- Determine operational requirements
- Make flight notification
- Program navigation system