CASA EX129/13 Exemption – recency requirements for night flying – Regional Express Pty Ltd (Cth)

Instrument number CASA EX129/13

I, GERARD JOHN CAMPBELL, Executive Manager, Operations Division, a delegate of CASA, make this instrument under regulation 11.160 of the Civil Aviation Safety Regulations 1998.

[Signed G.J. Campbell]

Gerard J. Campbell
Executive Manager
Operations Division

19 December 2013

Exemption – recency requirements for night flying – Regional Express Pty Ltd

1          Duration

                 This instrument:

(a)   commences on the day of registration; and

(b)   expires at the end of 31 August 2014, as if it had been repealed by another instrument.

2          Application

                 The instrument applies to a flight undertaken by a commercial (aeroplane) pilot or an air transport (aeroplane) pilot:

(a)   at night; and

(b)   as the pilot in command of an aeroplane operated by Regional Express Pty Ltd, Aviation Reference Number 752788 (the operator).

3          Exemption

A pilot in command to whom this exemption applies is exempt from compliance with paragraphs 5.109 (1) (b) and 5.170 (1) (b) of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988 (CAR 1988).

4          Conditions

                 The exemption is subject to the conditions mentioned in Schedule 1.

Schedule 1          Conditions

1     In this Schedule:

approved type simulator means a Level C or Level D qualified flight simulator approved by CASA:

(a)   as a training device for the type of aircraft to be used in the night operation; and

(b)   for use in the tests and checks provided for in the operator’s training and checking organisation.

2 The operator must have a currently approved training and checking organisation as required under regulation 217 of CAR 1988 and an approved and accepted training and checking manual incorporating the conditions of this Schedule.

        3     The pilot in command of the aeroplane must not carry out a flight to which this instrument applies, unless:

(a)   within the period of 90 days immediately before the day of the proposed flight — he or she has carried out at least 3 night take-offs and 3 night landings in an aeroplane of the same type or in an approved type simulator; or

(b)   within the period of 180 days immediately before the day of the proposed flight, he or she has completed a proficiency check:

             (i)  related to the carrying out of night operations; and

            (ii)  conducted in an approved type simulator.