CASA 440/08 - Instructions - for approved use of P-Rnav procedures (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 440/08

I, ROBERT IAN WIGHT, Acting Group General Manager, Air Transport Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 179A (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed R. Wight]

Rob Wight
Acting Group General Manager
Air Transport Operations

9 September 2008

Instructions — for approved use of P-RNAV procedures

1          Duration

            This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day after it is registered; and

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 August 2010.

2          Application

            This instrument applies to the use of precision area navigation (P-RNAV) by Qantas Airways Limited, Aviation Reference Number 216147 (the operator):

(a)   in any place where P-RNAV procedures are authorised by the air safety authority or air navigation service provider for the place; and

(b)   in the Airbus 380-800 aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 (the aircraft) equipped with navigation equipment that is:

             (i)  mentioned in Schedule 1 for the aircraft; and

            (ii)  installed in accordance with clause 3 of Schedule 2.

3          Instructions

            The operator must comply with the standards and procedures mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Airbus 380 aircraft and P-RNAV equipment

Nationality and registration marks	Model	Serial no.	Navigation equipment
VH-OQA	-800	014	Triple Honeywell FMC P/N 4090000-905 Triple Honeywell ADIRU P/N HG2030BE02 Dual Rockwell Collins (MMR) multi-mode receiver — GPS P/N 822-1821-430
VH-OQB	-800	015

Schedule 2          Standards and procedures

      1     The operator must comply with the requirements for P-RNAV procedures mentioned in its operations manual and flight manual.

      2     The operator’s operations manual and flight manual must comply with the standards and procedures mentioned in sections 9 and 10 of Temporary Guidance Leaflet No. 10 (Airworthiness and Operational Approval for Precision RNAV operations in designated European airspace) issued by the Joint Aviation Authority (the temporary guidance leaflet).

      3       Airborne systems installed in the aircraft:

(a)   must meet the performance certification criteria and functional criteria mentioned in sections 6 and 7 of the temporary guidance leaflet; and

(b)   must have been approved by CASA for use with P-RNAV procedures.

      4     The training program for flight crew using P-RNAV procedures must comply with the standards for training programs mentioned in paragraph 10.5 of the temporary guidance leaflet.

      5     Flight crew members must have received appropriate briefings and guidance material as set out in section 10 of the temporary guidance leaflet.

      6     The operator must tell CASA in writing not later than 14 days after ceasing to be the operator of an aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1.