CASA 298/03 Direction under regulation 208 relating to the carriage of a cabin attendant in a balloon (Cth)

INSTRUMENT NUMBER:  CASA 298/03

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF A CABIN ATTENDANT IN A BALLOON

I, JAMES MARCOLIN, Acting General Manager, General Aviation Operations, a delegate of CASA, under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 direct that

Balloon Aloft (Australia) Pty Ltd (Aviation Reference Number 403672)

may, without carrying a cabin attendant, operate the class 4 Kavanagh 300 hot air balloon bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-AWE in operations that involve carrying 18 passengers, on condition that:

(a)the duties and responsibilities of the pilot in command relating to the briefing and control of passengers in normal and emergency situations are set out in the operator’s operations manual;  and

(b)during the operations, an approximately equal weight of passengers is located in each of the balloon’s 4 compartments; and

(c)during the operations, the passengers are, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command;  and

(d)when more than 16 passengers are carried during the operations, there are 2 suitably qualified ground crew available, with one at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers;  and

(e)the training required by the ground crew referred to in paragraph (d) above is included in the operator’s operation manual;  and

(f)the operations are conducted in accordance with all relevant requirements set out in section 20.16.3 of the Civil Aviation Orders, other than subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.

This instrument comes into effect on 1 August 2003 and stops having effect at the end of July 2006.

[Signed Jim Marcolin]

Jim Marcolin

Acting General Manager

General Aviation Operations

9 July 2003