CASA 302/04 Direction under regulation 208 relating to the carriage of a cabin attendant in a balloon (Cth)

Instrument Number:  CASA 302/04

CIVIL AVIATION ACT 1988

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE

CARRIAGE OF A CABIN ATTENDANT IN A BALLOON

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

BALLOON ALOFT (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD

(Aviation Reference Number 403672)

may, without carrying a cabin attendant, operate the class 4 Cameron 300 hot air balloon bearing the nationality and registration marks VH-VIM in operations that involve carrying 16 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 passenger 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)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 July 2004 and stops having effect at the end of June 2007.

[Signed J. Marcolin]

Jim Marcolin

General Manager

General Aviation Operations

11 June 2004