Pre-flight action (SERA.2020)

Pre-flight Action — SERA.2020 / Annex 2 §2.4

General (ICAO)

ICAO Annex 2 §2.4 Pre-flight action: PIC must gather all available information relevant to the flight.

Minimum briefing:

• Weather for departure, route, destination.
• NOTAMs.
• AIP entries for airfields.
• Fuel calculation with reserve.
• Mass and balance, performance.
• Airworthiness verification.

Europe (EASA / EU)

SERA.2020 — pre-flight action

SERA.2020 demands careful preparation. Details in Subject 030 lesson "Planning" and Subject 060 lesson "Pre-flight".

Requirements

• Pilot must be adequately informed about all relevant flight aspects.
• For VFR beyond the immediate airfield vicinity: weather briefing obligation (see Subject 050).
• Minimum fuel per NCO.OP.125: VFR day 30 min reserve, VFR night 45 min.

Who needs NO briefing

• Flights in the traffic circuit on an aerodrome require no weather briefing.

Germany (national)

In Germany additionally checkable by Aviation Supervision Officer ("Beauftragter für Luftaufsicht"):

• The aviation supervision officer is permitted to check whether a pilot has properly preplanned his flight.
• See "National Law — Germany" lesson.