I, WILLIAM BRUCE BYRON, Director of Aviation Safety, on behalf of CASA, make this instrument under subsection 28BA (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Act 1988.
[Signed Bruce Byron]
Bruce Byron
Director of Aviation Safety and
Chief Executive Officer
14 July 2005
Civil Aviation Order 82.1 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2005
This instrument is the Civil Aviation Order 82.1 Amendment Order (No. 1) 2005.
2 Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.
3 Amendment of Civil Aviation Order 82.1
Schedule 1 amends Civil Aviation Order 82.1.
Schedule 1 Amendment
1 After subsection 5
insert
6 Obligations in relation to operating different aircraft models
6.1 This subsection applies to each operator who holds a certificate authorising charter, or aerial work, operations in an aircraft identified in the certificate by:
(a) manufacturer and type only; or
(b) aircraft class only.
6.2 The operator must ensure that:
(a) the operations manual contains current and appropriate operating information, procedures and instructions (the specific instructions) for each aircraft type and model operated; and
(b) before a pilot operates an aircraft, the chief pilot is satisfied that the pilot:
(i) is competent to operate the aircraft in accordance with the specific instructions for the aircraft type and model; and
(ii) understands the differences in each model of the aircraft type operated by the operator; and
(c) the operations manual, the maintenance control manual or other airworthiness control document contains appropriate maintenance control instructions for each aircraft type and model operated.
6.3 A current pilot operating handbook (POH) or aircraft flight manual (AFM) for the aircraft type and model when attached to the operations manual is taken to contain the specific instructions.
6.4 However, if the specific instructions in the POH or AFM do not contain instructions to ensure compliance with the Australian legislative requirements for operations of the aircraft type and model, these instructions must be stated in the operations manual.
6.5 In this subsection:
appropriate means sufficiently detailed to enable the safe operation of the aircraft type and model in accordance with the Australian legislative requirements.
Australian legislative requirements means the requirements of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998 and the Civil Aviation Orders.
Note An example of an Australian legislative requirement mentioned in paragraph 6.4 is the obligation, under regulation 220 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, to include in the operations manual specific instructions for computation of fuel quantities.