Pre-flight publication checks — transcript

00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.490 Five steps, before every job. Here's the order.

00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:10.533 The chart shows where you are. ERSA explains the aerodrome.

00:00:10.533 --> 00:00:17.547 NOTAMs show what's changed. PRD areas show what's active. Then you write it down.

00:00:17.897 --> 00:00:22.388 Start with the chart: where does the job sit? Our Kingaroy roof is in Class G,

00:00:22.388 --> 00:00:26.653 beside a non-controlled aerodrome, with a restricted area in this example.

00:00:26.653 --> 00:00:30.462 A drone safety app helps, but it's an aid, not the whole briefing.

00:00:34.697 --> 00:00:40.035 ERSA gives the aerodrome facts. First, check you've opened the right page:

00:00:40.035 --> 00:00:45.658 a wrong page means a wrong frequency. Kingaroy: CTAF one two four decimal two,

00:00:45.658 --> 00:00:51.494 runway one four, three two. Towered aerodromes list their control zone hours too.

00:00:51.844 --> 00:00:55.788 Quick check. Why confirm the location on the ERSA page first?

00:00:57.144 --> 00:00:59.181 So you monitor the right CTAF.

00:01:00.344 --> 00:01:07.083 NOTAMs are the temporary layer, so check them close to flight time. Times are UTC:

00:01:07.083 --> 00:01:12.443 add ten in Queensland. Then test time, place and height together.

00:01:12.443 --> 00:01:17.558 Our Kingaroy NOTAM overlaps all three, so it changes the plan.

00:01:17.908 --> 00:01:22.394 Location NOTAMs only cover five nautical miles around an aerodrome.

00:01:22.394 --> 00:01:25.693 Everything else is in the FIR NOTAMs. Check both.

00:01:26.043 --> 00:01:30.055 Then PRD areas. Prohibited: stay out. Restricted:

00:01:30.055 --> 00:01:35.912 only with the controlling authority's permission. Danger: not forbidden,

00:01:35.912 --> 00:01:38.399 but assess the activity first.

00:01:38.749 --> 00:01:44.292 Look it up in the SUA section near the front of the ERSA. The RePL Guide's example,

00:01:44.292 --> 00:01:48.647 R six three four A: surface to three thousand eight hundred feet,

00:01:48.647 --> 00:01:53.992 activated by NOTAM, controlled by the Army. Is it active when you fly? Not sure?

00:01:53.992 --> 00:01:56.434 Don't guess. Call the number listed.

00:01:57.749 --> 00:02:00.857 Last, write it down: what you checked, and when.

00:02:02.749 --> 00:02:08.263 Keep it short and traceable: the chart or app view, ERSA, the NOTAMs that matter,

00:02:08.263 --> 00:02:13.642 PRD status, and the decision and limits you briefed. Save the briefing with it.

00:02:15.249 --> 00:02:19.794 Chart, ERSA, NOTAMs, PRD, record. Before every job.

00:02:20.749 --> 00:02:25.007 Final check. You can't confirm if a restricted area is active. What now?

00:02:26.749 --> 00:02:29.753 Don't guess. Contact the controlling authority.