CASA 77/04 Direction under regulation 208 relating to the carriage of cabin attendants in balloons (Cth)

INSTRUMENT NUMBER:  CASA 77/04

CIVIL AVIATION REGULATIONS 1988

DIRECTION UNDER REGULATION 208 RELATING TO THE CARRIAGE OF CABIN ATTENDANTS IN BALLOONS

I, DALE EDWARD SOUTH, Team Leader Flying Operations, a delegate of CASA under regulation 208 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 and having regard to the safety of air navigation:

1. revoke instrument CASA 522/03; and

1. direct that hot air balloons operated by Wingaway Pty Ltd (ACN 054 260 490) may engage in charter operations that involve carrying:

(a)up to 16 passengers, in the case of the balloons referred to in Schedule 1; or

(b)up to 20 passengers, in the case of the balloon referred to in Schedule 2;

without carrying a cabin attendant, on condition that:

(c)the duties and responsibilities of the pilot in command of a balloon relating to the briefing and control of passengers in normal and emergency situations are set out in the operator’s operations manual; and

(d)during the operations, an approximately equal weight of passengers is located in each of the balloon’s 4 compartments; and

(e)during the operations, the passengers are, at all times, in a position to hear any instructions given by the pilot in command; and

(f)when more than 16 passengers are carried during the operations, there are 2 suitably qualified ground crew available, with one at either end of the basket, to assist the pilot with the embarkation and disembarkation of passengers; and

(g)the training required by the ground crew referred to in paragraph (f) above is included in the operator’s operations manual; and

(h)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 gazettal and stops having effect at the end of November 2006.

SCHEDULE 1

BALLOONS OPERATED BY WINGAWAY PTY LTD

Manufacturer	Model	Registration
Kavanagh	E-300	VH-AWM
Kavanagh	B-350	VH-CJP
Kavanagh	B-350	VH-BCD

SCHEDULE 2

BALLOONS OPERATED BY WINGAWAY PTY LTD

Manufacturer	Model	Registration
Kavanagh	B-400	VH-LUK

[Signed D. South]

D E South

Team Leader Flying Operations

27 February 2004