Carriage of licensed flight radio operators

Subject to the provisions of paragraph (3) of regulation 6, the following requirements of this regulation relating to the carriage of licensed flight radio operators shall apply in respect of aircraft required to be equipped with radio apparatus in accordance with the provisions of regulation 6 – (a) the aircraft shall carry at least one licensed flight radio operator qualified under the terms of his licence to operate, for the sending and receiving of morse or spoken messages, the radio apparatus with which the aircraft is equipped; (b) if the carries out two-way communication by means of morse code and is flown under Instrument Flight Rules within a control area or a control zone, the flight radiotelegraphy operator shall be a separate person from any other member of the operating crew and, while on duty as a flight radiotelegraphy operator, shall not carry out 224 Civil Aviation any duties in the aircraft other than those of a flight radiotelegraphy operator; (c) if the carries out two-way communication by means of morse code as distinct from spoken messages, the flight radio operator (if he is the holder of the appropriate pilot’s licence) shall not act in the capacity of pilot of the aircraft except in case of emergency and as a temporary measure; (d) if the aircraft is employed on a scheduled journey the Governor may, at his discretion, require further conditions to be complied with in respect of the flight radio operators and the radio apparatus to be carried in the aircraft, according to the particular circumstances of the case.