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Noknoipobin
7th Jan 2013, 15:50
According to icao annex6 and my state law,there is at least 1 automatic elt required for flight.The mel required only 1 portable elt (not automatic elt).Is it illigal?thank you.
Not if your portable ELT is fitted with a G switch. What make and model are you using?
spannersatcx
7th Jan 2013, 19:01
One or both may be inoperative for a maximum of 6 sectors or 25 flight hours,
whichever occurs first.
dixi188
8th Jan 2013, 09:13
How many occupants is your aircraft certified for?
We had a ramp inspection at Frankfurt about 2 years ago on an Airbus A300 frieghter, Irish register.
There were 4 inspectors and one of them got excited because our ELT was switched off as per our procedures. He said this was wrong and it should be armed. I showed him our ops. manual but he did not agree.
Another inspector said it was OK as we were certified for max 9 occupants.
It took nearly 2 hours of phone calls and discussion for the original inspector to accept this.