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title: "UAM.OP.MVCA.216 Use of headsets — Part-IAM · Avioverse"
description: "Each pilot required to be on duty at their assigned station shall wear a headset with boom microphone or equivalent."
url: "https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-iam/subpart-b/uam-op-mvca-216"
---

# UAM.OP.MVCA.216 Use of headsets

ANNEX IX (Part-IAM) · Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

IR Implementing rule

## UAM.OP.MVCA.216 Use of headsets

(a) Each pilot required to be on [duty](https://avioverse.aero/glossary/easa/duty) at their assigned station shall wear a headset with boom microphone or equivalent. The headset shall be used as the primary device for voice communications with ATS units.

(b) The position of the boom microphone or equivalent in the cockpit shall allow its use for two-way radio communications when the VCA is taxiing under its own power and whenever deemed necessary by the PIC.

IR · UAM.OP.MVCA.216 — Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 · Regulation (EU) 2024/1111 · Air OPS Easy Access Rules · EAR revision 27 Mar 2026

[All rules in SUBPART B — OPERATING PROCEDURES](https://avioverse.aero/regulations/easa/air-ops/part-iam/subpart-b)

Consolidated from the EASA Easy Access Rules (revision 27 Mar 2026, extracted 13 Oct 2026) for convenience. Not the official publication — verify against the Official Journal of the European Union and the EASA publications before operational use.