Yes, aren't there any exemptions issued by the CAA alleviating any JAR Ops 3 operators from having to have class 1 performance at all times?
I beileve that the UK CAA do give exemptions to certain operators under certain circumstances and certainly ADAC, a German HEMS/AA operator in have winches fitted to their HEMS/AA aircraft and train monthly with them contrary to JAR Ops 3, maybe the German CAA have granted ADAC an exemption
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Any European Police/HEMS winch equiped operator care to comment.
Exemptions are granted by national authorities for just these circustances not just because civil Police/HEMS operators have never winched therefore they won't ever be allowed to winch. Its all down to the case put forward by the operator to be allowed to winch against JAR Ops 3 Performance 1 criteria. RTegulations change all the time.