Each program operating manual must have the date of the last revision on each revised page. Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, the manual must include the following:

Procedures for ensuring compliance with aircraft weight and balance limitations;

Copies of the program manager's management specifications or appropriate extracted information, including area of operations authorized, category and class of aircraft authorized, crew complements, and types of operations authorized;

Procedures for complying with accident notification requirements;

Procedures for ensuring that the pilot in command knows that required airworthiness inspections have been made and that the aircraft has been approved for return to service in compliance with applicable maintenance requirements;

Procedures for reporting and recording mechanical irregularities that come to the attention of the pilot in command before, during, and after completion of a flight;

Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command for determining that mechanical irregularities or defects reported for previous flights have been corrected or that correction of certain mechanical irregularities or defects have been deferred;

Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command to obtain maintenance, preventive maintenance, and servicing of the aircraft at a place where previous arrangements have not been made by the program manager or owner, when the pilot is authorized to so act for the operator;

Procedures under § 91.213 for the release of, and continuation of flight if any item of equipment required for the particular type of operation becomes inoperative or unserviceable en route;

Procedures for refueling aircraft, eliminating fuel contamination, protecting from fire (including electrostatic protection), and supervising and protecting passengers during refueling;

Procedures to be followed by the pilot in command in the briefing under § 91.1035.

Procedures for ensuring compliance with emergency procedures, including a list of the functions assigned each category of required crewmembers in connection with an emergency and emergency evacuation duties;

The approved aircraft inspection program, when applicable;

Procedures for the evacuation of persons who may need the assistance of another person to move expeditiously to an exit if an emergency occurs;

Procedures for performance planning that take into account take off, landing and en route conditions;

An approved Destination Airport Analysis, when required by § 91.1037(c), that includes the following elements, supported by aircraft performance data supplied by the aircraft manufacturer for the appropriate runway conditions—

Pilot qualifications and experience;

Aircraft performance data to include normal, abnormal and emergency procedures as supplied by the aircraft manufacturer;

Airport facilities and topography;

Runway conditions (including contamination);

Airport or area weather reporting;

Appropriate additional runway safety margins, if required;

Airplane inoperative equipment;

Environmental conditions; and

Other criteria that affect aircraft performance.

A suitable system (which may include a coded or electronic system) that provides for preservation and retrieval of maintenance recordkeeping information required by § 91.1113 in a manner acceptable to the Administrator that provides—

A description (or reference to date acceptable to the Administrator) of the work performed:

The name of the person performing the work if the work is performed by a person outside the organization of the program manager; and

The name or other positive identification of the individual approving the work.

Flight locating and scheduling procedures; and

Other procedures and policy instructions regarding program operations that are issued by the program manager or required by the Administrator.