Standardised European Rules of the Air – Visual Flight Rules (VFR) and Special VFR Minima for Search and Rescue Flights

General permission to allow any helicopter registered in the UK and flying for the purpose of a Search and Rescue (SAR) operational flight in accordance with the terms of an air operator’s certificate and under the requirements of the Standardised European Rules of the Air (SERA)) to fly in conditions of lower than standard cloud ceiling, visibility and distance from cloud.