UAM.IDE.MVCA.305 Life jackets and other equipment

(a)Except as specified in point (c) for flights over water as defined in point UAM.IDE.MVCA.300, the VCA shall be equipped as a minimum with a life jacket for each person on board, stowed in a position that is readily accessible from the seat or berth of the person for whose use it is provided, with the restrain system fastened. If it is not possible to have the life jackets readily accessible with the restrain system fastened, each person shall wear a life jacket on or, if that person is younger than 24 months, an equivalent flotation device.

(b)Each life jacket or equivalent individual flotation device shall be equipped with a means of electric illumination for the purpose of facilitating the location of persons in the water.

(c)For flights over water in a hostile sea at a distance from land corresponding to more than 10 minutes flying time at normal cruising speed, for the purpose of support to activities related to non-renewable and renewable-energy sources and support to vessels:

(1)each person on board shall wear a life jacket during the entire operation unless integrated survival suits that meet the combined requirement of the survival suit and life jacket are worn;

(2)each person on board shall wear a survival suit as appropriate with regard to the water temperature and estimated rescue time; the level of insulation provided shall be sufficient for the prevailing conditions and not excessive;

(3)each person on board shall carry an emergency breathing system (EBS) and shall be instructed in its use.