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in a part of an aircraft that is not normally specified in the AFM as being for the carriage of crew members or aerial work passengers in an aerial work operation:
(a) air crew members;
(b) task specialists;
(c) aerial work passengers.
Note   Some AFM Supplements may provide, as part of a winching equipment supplement, for the carriage of a person on, for example, additional steps or footholds installed on a rotorcraft.

15.03 RESERVED

15.04 Equipment requirements if person carried on or in an attachment to an aircraft
       (1) For subregulations 138.410 (2) and 138.465 (2), for a Class D external load operation the requirement mentioned in subsection (2) applies to the operator and the pilot in command.
       (2) The requirement is that all external load equipment, fittings, lines, safety harnesses, restraint straps and rescue harnesses must be compliant with the requirements of, or approved under, Part 21 of CASR.

15.05 Classes of persons who may be picked-up or set-down
        For section 15.06, the following persons are the only persons who may be picked-up or set-down, and the picking up and setting down must be in accordance with the section:
(a) air crew members;
(b) task specialists;
(c) aerial work passengers.

15.06 Operational requirements if a person is picked-up or set-down
       (1) For subregulation 138.410 (2), for a Class D external load operation where a person mentioned in section 15.05 is picked up or set down, the operator and the pilot in command must meet the requirements set out in this section.

Class D external loads — winching
       (2) For a Class D external load operation that involves winching a person (operation) the operator and the pilot in command must meet the following requirements:
(a) application of the operator's operational risk assessment and mitigation process must indicate that the operation meets at least an acceptable level of safety;
       Note   See sections 13.04 and 13.06.
(b) for an operation that is not an ESO — the rotorcraft must be a multi-engine rotorcraft capable of hovering out of ground effect with one engine inoperative during the winching operation;
(c) despite paragraph (b), for a day VFR operation that is not an ESO — the rotorcraft need not be capable of hovering out of ground effect (HOGE) with one engine inoperative during the winching operation provided that the rotorcraft:
           (i) meets the requirements set out in paragraphs 9.05 (b), (c), (d) and (e); and
           (ii) has a mass that does not exceed 90% of the MTOW HOGE permitted by the AFM for the most limiting mass of the operation; and
           (iii) subject to subsection (2A), is not operating over water; and
           (iv) carries only flight crew, and essential air crew members and task