![]() ![]() Make sure it doesn’t interfere with oxygen systems or other safety systems on board and is compatible with your microphone system. ![]() " M" stands for masks and medication when wearing a mask, use one that you are comfortable with and which doesn’t impede breathing. " I" stands for illness, How’s your general health and wellbeing? Have you been ill lately? A small cold, could even turn out to be uncomfortable when up at altitude. To help you assess your overall readiness to commence the flight a further detailed checklist is used to focus on the pilot: IMSAFE IM SAFE is a proactive way to self-evaluate your health before flying If you don’t feel fit to fly, or have some doubts on your own ability to take command of the entire process, this will be the most important reason to re-consider and decide on whether to continue or not. Therefore it is only fair to start the checklist with you. You as the Pilot-in-Command are the most important element of your own personal risk assessment. We are humans before we are pilots, and some days are better than others. ![]() Take the necessary health precautions in the Rotorcraft Operational Guidelines.Īfter a period of inactivity, systematically going through the steps of the PAVE (and IMSAFE) checklist will help you identify and quantify potential risk factors associated to your flight and will support your decision making process.Allow a little more time to help manage things that might now be less familiar.Work with any customers/ passengers or clients to make them aware of any new risks or requirements you have identified in the post COVID-19 world.The most important thing to remember is that things don't look or feel right - cancel and reschedule the flight. It also has information on other useful links. It covers some useful revision topics and some things that you might want to think about before setting of on your first flight following the long layoff after COVID-19 and the winter. We encourage you take the time to take a look at the tutorial that has been created with the fantastic people at GASCO so you can feel as confident as possible when you lift your wheels from the ground for the first time. Take the EASA return to flying training developed by GASCoĪs more small operators and GA helicopter pilots return to flying, it may have been quite some time since your last flight and we encourage a little extra preparation so that things start safely. Mona Seeberger shares her thoughts with us on getting back into the cockpit ![]()
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