simple personnel carrying device system (simple PCDS)
EASA defines “simple personnel carrying device system (simple PCDS)” in one regulation. The wording below is reproduced verbatim from the EASA Easy Access Rules, with a link to the paragraph it comes from.
‘simple personnel carrying device system (simple ‘PCDS’)’ means a PCDS that complies with the following conditions:
(a)meets a harmonised standard under Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council or Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
(b)is designed to restrain no more than a single person (for instance, hoist or cargo hook operator, task specialist or photographer) inside the cabin, or to restrain no more than two persons outside the cabin;
(c)is not a rigid structure such as a cage, a platform or a basket;
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