1. Information and instructions relating to the following matters shall be included in the operations manual referred to in article 38(2)—
(a)the number of the crew to be carried in the aircraft, on each stage of any route to be flown, and the respective capacities in which they are to act, and instructions as to the order and circumstances in which command is to be assumed by members of the crew;
(b)the respective duties of each member of the crew and the other members of the operating staff;
(c)the scheme referred to in article 82(1)(c)(i);
(d)such technical particulars concerning the aircraft, its engines and equipment and concerning the performance of the aircraft as may be necessary to enable the flight crew of the aircraft to perform their respective duties;
(e)the manner in which the quantities of fuel and oil to be carried by the aircraft are to be computed and records of fuel and oil carried and consumed on each stage of the route to be flown are to be maintained; the instructions shall take account of all circumstances likely to be encountered on the flight including the possibility of failure of one or more of the aircraft engines;
(f)the manner in which the quantity, if any, of oxygen and oxygen equipment to be carried in the aircraft for the purpose of complying with Scale L1 or L2 in Schedule 4 is to be computed;
(g)the check system to be followed by the crew of the aircraft prior to and on take-off, on landing and in an emergency, so as to ensure that the operating procedures contained in the operations manual and in the flight manual or performance schedule for the aircraft are complied with;
(h)the circumstances in which a radio watch is to be maintained;
(i)the circumstances in which oxygen is to be used by the crew of the aircraft, and by passengers;
(j)subject to paragraph 2, communication, navigational aids, aerodromes, local regulations, in-flight procedures, approach and landing procedures and such other information as the operator may deem necessary for the proper conduct of flight operations; the information referred to in this sub-paragraph shall be contained in a route guide, which may be in the form of a separate volume;
(k)the reporting in flight to the notified authorities of meteorological observations;
(l)subject to paragraph 2, the minimum altitudes for safe flight on each stage of the route to be flown and any planned diversion therefrom, such minimum altitudes being not lower than any which may be applicable under the law of the United Kingdom or of the countries whose territory is to be flown over;
(m)the particulars referred to in article 47(2);
(n)emergency flight procedures, including procedures for the instruction of passengers in the position and use of emergency equipment and procedures to be adopted when the commander of the aircraft becomes aware that another aircraft or a vessel is in distress and needs assistance;
(o)in the case of aircraft intended to fly at an altitude of more than 49,000 ft the procedures for the use of cosmic radiation detection equipment;
(p)the labelling and marking of dangerous goods, the manner in which they must be loaded on or suspended beneath an aircraft, the responsibilities of members of the crew in respect of the carriage of dangerous goods and the action to be taken in the event of emergencies arising involving dangerous goods;
(q)such particulars of any permission granted to the operator under article 21 as may be necessary to enable the commander of the aircraft to determine whether he can comply with article 52(b)(ii);
(r)procedures for the operation of any airborne collision avoidance system carried on the aircraft; and
(s)the establishment and maintenance of an accident prevention and flight safety programme.