Minimum Helicopter Visibilty to be increased to 3km ?
I was reading what i thought was a CAA consultation document about weather limits for helicopters in VFR ops (which i cant find now) and it gave 4 options,
1. do nothing
2. increase minimum VFR vis to 3k (unless in sight of destination)
3. require instrument ratings (impractical due to a/c)
4.no flight below 500' (looked at before in 2003)
and it came to the conclusion that 2. was the only viable option
the reasons for the document were the number of crashes in last few years of private helicopters and fatalities.
it went on to discuss how the ANO would be amended to reflect this change and how licence wording would have to be changed
I wasnt really concentrating and it was only later i started thinking about the consequences of this paper.
does anyone know
1) have i reproduced this correctly or was i dreaming ?
2) can anyone find in on the CAA website ?
3)does anyone know if it applies to PPL only or was it for CPL /ATP as well as we operate VFR right down to 800m commercially (subject to other requirements) ?
regards
CF