Can someone please provide a reference to the ANO change requiring the carriage of APPROVED life vests?
Statutory Instrument 2007 No274 - Article 4(11) for aeroplanes and 4(13) for helicopters - mandates the carriage of life jackets (equipped with whistles and survival locator lights) for non public transport flights over water beyond gliding distance from land.
Article 19 of the ANO requires all ANO-mandated equipment to be CAA or EASA approved, unless exempted by paragraph 4 of Schedule 4. No such exemption is listed for lifejackets!!