CASA 51/09 Direction number of cabin attendants in ATR 42-500 aircraft (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 51/09

I, RICKI JOHN LEEDS, Acting Group General Manager, Air Transport Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed R. Leeds]

Rick Leeds
Acting Group General Manager
Air Transport Operations

23 January 2009

Direction — number of cabin attendants in ATR 42-500 aircraft

1          Duration

This instrument:

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

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 January 2011.

2          Application

This instrument applies to the aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 operated by Macair Airlines Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 539853 (the operator), that is engaged in regular public transport operations.

3          Direction

I direct that, in spite of subparagraph 6.1 (b) of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3, the operator may operate the aircraft mentioned in Schedule 1 with 1 flight attendant.

4          Conditions

This direction is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1          Aircraft

The Australian registered ATR 42-500 aircraft VH-UYJ, with a maximum passenger seating capacity of 46 passengers, and 2 flight crew and 1 flight attendant.

Schedule 2          Conditions

1     Only physically competent (able-bodied) persons may occupy seats in the emergency exit rows that are referred to as Type III exit rows in ATR 42 aircraft.

Note   In ATR 42 aircraft a Type III exit row is located in front of the wing on each side.

2       During take-off, landing and in prepared emergencies, the Type III exit rows must be occupied by not less than 2 physically competent (able-bodied) persons.

3     If a Type III exit row is not occupied by at least 2 able-bodied persons, the preflight safety briefing must be modified to refer only to those rows that are occupied in accordance with clause 2.

4     All passengers seated in the Type III exit rows must receive and respond to a briefing approved by CASA which instructs them in the opening of the emergency exits and subsequent actions required in the event of an emergency.

5     The operator must ensure that the aircraft can be evacuated in 90 seconds.

6     Arrangements for the seating and briefing of passengers must be in accordance with procedures set out in the operator’s operations manual and approved by CASA.

7     Arrangements for the seating of passengers must also be in accordance with the arrangements that allowed evacuation of the aircraft in less than 90 seconds in the evacuation test carried out on 23 May 1985 in an ATR 42 aircraft, with 46 passengers, 2 flight crew and 1 flight attendant, as mentioned in the European Aviation Safety Agency type certificate data sheet for ATR 42 aircraft.