CASA 68/09 – Instructions – for approved use of P-RNAV procedures (Cth)

Instrument number CASA 68/09

I, MICHAEL DAVID QUINN, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under subregulation 179A (1) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988.

[Signed M.D. Quinn]

Mick Quinn
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Operations

24 February 2009

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 February 2011.

2          Application

            This instrument applies to the use of precision area navigation (P-RNAV) by Virgin Blue International Airlines Pty Ltd, trading as V Australia, Aviation Reference Number 768593 (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 Boeing 777 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          Boeing aircraft and P-RNAV equipment

Nationality and registration marks	Model	Serial no.	Navigation equipment
VH-VOZ	Boeing 777	35302	Triple Rockwell Collins multi-mode receiver (MMR) ILS/GPS Triple Rockwell Collins Flight Management System and Control and Display System Dual Rockwell Collins DME Interrogator Honeywell Air Data Inertial Reference Unit (ADIRU) Triple Rockwell Collins Auto Flight Director Computer
VH-VPD	Boeing 777	37938

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.