82 Air craf t Operations There are f our authorized conditions f or air craf t operations that should be f ollo w ed Use of regist er ed char t ered passenger air craf t pref erably fr om an audit ed char t er com pan y or a com pan y that has a reputation f or saf e and reliable operations A cceptance of pilo ts only who ha v e fo wn more than the minimum number of req uired hour s on the type of air craf t t o be used and who are rat ed f or the conditions Ne v er fy as a passenger or an ad hoc cre w member on 1 an air c raf t char t ered f or cargo 2 geoph ysical sur v e ys 3 a helicopt er carr ying a load on the cargo hook R epor t t o y our e m plo y er an y stunt trick or e xtreme fying on air craf t T ranspor t Canada Visual Flight R ules VFR stat e a maximum fight path of one mile horizontal and 500 f ee t v er tical PreFlight A ctions A fight plan should alw a ys be fled In remo t e areas base cam p is t o be no tifed as are the local police or similar authority of y our planned r out e This includes y our destination estimat ed time of depar ture ETD estimat ed time of arriv al ET A passenger number s and names A Sear ch and R escue SAR plan should be established Identif cation of an y obstaclesrestrictions that might be present in the operational area should be under st ood A saf e t y check is req uired t o ensure that no fags tags or tie do wns are attached t o the air craf t Emerge ncy e xits the SAR plan seat belts lif e jack e ts radio operation fre e xtinguisher s emergency locat or transmitt er EL T fr st aid kits and sur viv al kits should all be inspect ed and discussed regar ding their pr oper use Air craf t is t o be eq uipped with mobilization eq uipment and a litt er kit