CASA 580/05 Direction – Carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloons (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 580/05

I, Alan Cook, Manager, General Aviation Field Office, North Queensland, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulations 208 (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

[Signed Alan Cook]

A Cook
Manager
General Aviation Field Office, North Queensland

22 December 2005

Direction — carriage of cabin attendant in hot air balloons

1          Commencement

            This instrument:

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

(b)   stops having effect at the end of 31 December 2007.

2          Application

            This instrument applies to each balloon:

(a)   mentioned in Schedule 1; and

(b)   operated by Hot Air Pty Ltd (Aviation Reference Number 541038), trading as Hot Air and asChampagne Balloon Flights (the operator); and

(c)   engaged in operations that involve carrying more than 15 passengers.

3          Direction

             The operator may operate the balloon without carrying a cabin attendant.

4          Conditions

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

Schedule 1          Balloons

Model	Nationality and registration mark	Serial number
Kavanagh B-400	VH-LUK	B-400-241
Kavanagh G-450	VH-TNQ	G450-331

Schedule 2          Conditions

      1     The balloon must not carry more that 20 passengers on any operation.

      2     During each operation:

(a)   an approximately equal weight of passengers must be located in each of the balloon’s 4 compartments; and

(b)   each passenger must, at all times, be in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command.

      3     If more than 15 passengers are carried on an operation, there must be 2 suitably qualified ground crew available, with 1 at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers.

      4     The course of training required to qualify the ground crew mentioned in clause 3 must be included in the operator’s operations manual.

      5     Each operation must comply with the provisions of Civil Aviation Order 20.16.3 that apply to balloons, except subparagraph 6.1 (a) and paragraph 7.1.