Which bit is more authoritative?
Ok, here's one for all you legal experts:
The hypothetical situation is this. In my aircraft POH, under the Limitations section, it tells me that the aircraft may be authorised for flight at night and/or in IMC, depending on the equipment fitted, and will placarded to indicate if this is the case.
The UK supplement, however, overrides this, and tells me that night/IMC suitability is determined by the ANO. (This bit isn't hypothetical, btw - this is what it says in the UK supplement of all of the Cessnas I fly at work. Unfortunately, I can't remember word-for-word what it says, but that's the gist of it.)
Now, back to the hypthetical stuff. I've check the placard in one particular aircraft, and it says it is suitable for Day VFR flight.
But the UK supplement tells me to look in the ANO. I do this, and I find a list of equipment that is required for both night and IFR flight. When I look at this list in more detail, I find that my hypothetical aircraft has all of the necessry equipment for both night and IFR flight fitted to it.
Now, I know that the UK supplement overrides anything it says in the manual which Cessna produced. So is the reference in the ANO telling me that I can ignore the placard in the aircraft and fly my aircraft at night and in IMC, since it meets all the requirements in the ANO?
A conservative pilot would, of course, take the more restrictive of the two, and stick to day VFR only. But my hypothetical pilot is not conservative, and wants to know what the law says.
I'll admit to having had not much more than a cursory look at the ANO to find the answer to this one, so if it's really obvious then I apologise!
FFF
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