Under what conditions should the Commander of a helicopter initiate a take-off, when he/she conducts a VFR flight over water and out of sight of the surface, as indicated by the relevant weather reports and/or forecasts?
According to the Commission Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 of 5 October 2012, Annex IV related to the Commercial Air Transport Operations [PART-CAT], Subpart B related to Operating Procedures (OP), Section 1 for Motor Powered Aircraft (MPA), “CAT.OP.MPA.247 Meteorological conditions — helicopters”, is prescribed that:
(a) On VFR flights overwater out of sight of land with helicopters, the Commander shall only commence take-off when the appropriate weather reports and/or forecasts indicate that the cloud ceiling will be above 600 ft by day or 1 200 ft by night.
(b) Notwithstanding (a), when flying between helidecks located in class G airspace where the overwater sector is less than 10 NM, VFR flights may be conducted when the limits are at, or better than, the following table 1.
(c) Flight with helicopters to a helideck or elevated FATO shall only be operated when the mean wind speed at the helideck or elevated FATO is reported to be less than 60 kt.
Therefore, the correct answer is “the cloud ceiling will be above 600 ft by day or 1200 ft by night”
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