What is the primary purpose of establishing a safety briefing with a visual observer before operations begin?

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To ensure the visual observer understands their role, communication signals, and emergency procedures. A pre-operation briefing with the visual observer ensures coordinated operations: the VO understands how to communicate aircraft position and hazards to the remote PIC, knows the agreed signals for emergency actions, and understands their specific role (scanning assigned sectors, alerting to traffic, etc.). There is no FAA paperwork requirement for this briefing.

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To satisfy the FAA requirement that all participants acknowledge risk in writing

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To transfer liability from the remote PIC to the visual observer during the flight